Liebestod
E483268
Liebestod is the transcendent final aria from Richard Wagner’s opera "Tristan und Isolde," renowned for its intense expression of love and death and its groundbreaking harmonic language.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aria
ⓘ
concert piece ⓘ opera excerpt ⓘ |
| alternateDesignation |
Isoldes Liebestod
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Mild und leise, wie er lächelt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | Tristan chord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tristan und Isolde legend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterAssociated |
Isolde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tristan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | German ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
influential in the development of musical modernism
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milestone of 19th-century opera ⓘ |
| emotionalCharacter |
ecstatic
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tragic ⓘ transcendent ⓘ |
| famousRecordingArtists |
Birgit Nilsson
NERFINISHED
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Jessye Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirsten Flagstad NERFINISHED ⓘ Nina Stemme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | opera aria ⓘ |
| harmonicInnovation | delayed resolution ⓘ |
| harmonicStyle |
chromatic
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tonally ambiguous ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| movementType | final aria ⓘ |
| opera | Tristan und Isolde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestration | full Romantic orchestra ⓘ |
| partOf | Tristan und Isolde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| positionInWork | concluding scene ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Hans von Bülow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereOperaHouse | Königliches Hof- und Nationaltheater, Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sungBy | Isolde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textAuthor | Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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erotic longing ⓘ love ⓘ transcendence ⓘ union in death ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | love-death ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
opera performance
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orchestral concert arrangement ⓘ |
| voiceType | soprano ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | part of Wagner’s mature music dramas ⓘ |
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