A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Tristan und Isolde
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE. An opera; words and music by R. Wagner; completed in 1859, i.e. after the completion of the 'Rheingold' and 'Walküre,' but before that of the other two pieces of the Niblungen Ring. It was produced at Munich, June 10, 1865; in London, at Drury Lane (Franke & Pollini's German Opera), June 20, 1882. Wagner's title for it is 'Tristan und Isolde. Eine Handlung'—an action.
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