Location
Metropolitan Opera House
30 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Performance Date
Monday, March 9, 2026, 6:30pm
Friday, March 13, 2026, 6:30pm
Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 6:30pm
Saturday, March 21, 2026 12:00pm
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 6:30pm
Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00pm
Thursday, April 2, 2026, 6:30pm
After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives 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.
Composed by Richard Wagner
Creative Team
Director and Concept: Yuval Sharon
Set Design: Es Delvin
Projection Design: Jason H. Thompson
Lighting Design: John Torres
Video Design: Ruth Hogben
Choreographer: Annie-B Parson
Costume Design: Clint Ramos
C. Graham Berwind, III, Chorus Director: Tilman Michael
Cast
Michael Spyres, Tristan
Lise Davidsen, Isolde
Tomasz Konieczny, Kurwenal
Ekaterina Gubanova, Brangäne
Ryan Speedo Green, King Marke
Thomas Glass, Melot
Ben Brady, Steesman
Jonas Hacker, Shepherd
Ben Reisinger, Sailor’s Voice
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor