Saturday, March 21, 2026
NEW PRODUCTION!
Composer: Richard Wagner
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide on March 21 as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan. The momentous occasion also marks the advent of a new, Met-debut staging by Yuval Sharon—hailed by The New York Times as “the most visionary opera director of his generation” and the first American to direct an opera at the famed Wagner festival in Bayreuth—as well as Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading Tristan und Isolde at the Met. Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova reprises her signature portrayal of Brangäne, alongside bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, who sings Kurwenal after celebrated Met appearances in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer and Ring cycle. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes an important role debut as King Marke.
English StreamText captioning is available here. A transcript of the transmission will also be available to view after the live performance.
The Met gratefully acknowledges the support of William N. Buffett and Susan E. Kennedy and the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa.
Additional support from Dr. Jack A. Roth and Dr. Elizabeth A. Grimm.
Sung in German.
5hrs 10mins with two intermissions.
The MetLive in HD at The Moviehouse is made possible in part by the generous support of Thomas C. Ragan.
The Moviehouse programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.