Wagner - Liebestod Scala 2007 Barenboin

[@cerengulcelik2302]

This performance makes me cry whenever I watch it again after some time. It is probably amongst the best opera productions ever made. From its staging to its musical conduction by Daniel Barenboim with an opera singer like Waltraud Meier, who has not only a magnificient voice, but also outstanding musical sense, a truthful heart wide, wide open and depth. There are but a few true opera singers. She is one of them.

[@tommyt9761]

My family and I grew up with basically the Italian repertoire, but I feel there is no more compassionate and overwhelming 8 minutes in opera then this finale.

[@paulbale3872]

The greatest opera ever written. This wonderful finale always reduces me to tears. This is one of the best performances.

[@aurinkotuliruusu9983]

Die schönste und beste Isolde die ich je gehört habe! Ob wir jemals so eine Sängerin wieder hören dürfen.?

[@matthiashoffmann1550]

Waltraud: Unvergessen! Unerreicht😇

[@hubertusheuel3693]

Ich habe Waltraud Meier als Isolde im Schiller-Theater Berlin gesehen, dafür werde ich ewig dankbar sein.

[@operaloverhro3407]

Ich bin dankbar, diese Finalszene miterleben zu können, ich bin dankbar, dass diese aussergewöhnliche Sängerin solch einen kaum beschreibbaren Erfolg erleben konnte/ durfte. Glück, Endlichkeit, Ausruhen, fast alles gegensätzlich, kulminiert in einem einzigartigen Höhepunkt. Ich war glücklich!!! Ein Ereignis, das es wirklich wert war, dokumentiert zu werden, Danke!!! ❤😢

[@tomterreri6364]

Watched this umpteen times, and I still get teary-eyed..........Waltraud presents and you never forget.

[@paolocastro8016]

La nota finale del crescendo..è REALMENTE..la più grande nota di tutta la storia della musica..Dio si è impersonificato in Richard Wagner e ha prodotto questa..non so come definirla..meraviglia..il sublime tradotto in umano..

[@normanzurich2781]

È così callante 😮

[@wmorris189]

Who but an idiot would disagree? 😎

[@wmorris189]

Nothing so far is better than this, so utterly lovely.

[@cecilefox9136]

I agree.❤

[@iainrobb2076]

The greatest closing aria of any opera ever written, and I really like the way that this is staged.

[@Xingqiwu387]

I agree wholeheartedly. Truly sublime.

[@alexpopa236]

agree

[@waynejones3870]

Sublime!

[@titoalmeida4787]

Agree!!! that closing aria is a sexual act sublimized

[@garfreed]

The greatest closing aria . . . sung by one of the greatest Wagner sopranos of our time.

[@lukvanderheyden1708]

my god , this make me tremble and cry....the highest level....thanks Waltaud und Richard

[@martapoes]

und daniel.....

[@lukvanderheyden1708]

und Daniel and orchestra :-)

[@rohohenzollern6677]

Nada nunca se le va a comparar a este final, jamás 😭

[@Pictonkiwi]

This scene contains two deaths actually: First Isolde of course, than followed by Barenboim himself - when spectators start to applause, when he is still raising his stick.

[@ClassicalDavid]

Hahaha the cringe is real!! I can tell from other videos of barenboim that he hates early applauses and bravo screams, they just interrupt the serenity of silence after a piece.

[@davidphillips3925]

How is the audience to know that his stick was still raised. His back was to the audience, he is separated from the audience by a low wall, and his hands were lower than the top of the wall.

[@alrichmond4341]

@@davidphillips3925 Well, at least nobody coughed before the unscored "bravo" was detonated (literally). Small mercies.

[@voxsatan3736]

So it was three: Tristan had just passed away minutes ago..

[@johnjepsen500]

@@alrichmond4341 right on.

[@Otaqueen]

If, after viewing this, you have no emotional reaction, you may be a Replicant.

[@dianehanney6352]

And, all those Nexus-6's just had to die because their creator - the good Doctor - implanted a lifetime limit in them.

[@НикитаЦехмистров]

Waltraud Meier is an absolute Isolde at all times. The true heroine of Wagner's opera.

[@billyves1]

She for sure will stay, no doubt on that ;-).

[@roxaneramsey9606]

The greatest.

[@mynamesfriday]

Wagner's genius is simply immeasurable !!!

[@andreasskipis4626]

Das ist wunderbar, herrlich, erschütternd wie Waltraud Meier dieses Stück interpretiert, mit wie viel Ausdruck und mit welch strahlender Stimme sie diese himmlische Musik zum Leben erweckt. Und dennoch, dennoch, bei Birgit Nilsson habe ich einfach den Eindruck, dass sie wirklich eine Art kosmisches Ereignis mit diesen Tönen gestaltet. Die kristallklare Kraft ihrer Stimme ist einfach unübertroffen.

[@Erik-fq7sx]

I have always an out of body - experience when I hear this.

[@musicsavage]

I feel for Daniel Baremboin at the end.

[@axelpierrard5729]

Sublime. Absolument sublime. Waltraud Meier EST Isolde.

[@Epaffio]

E' ciò che di più bello potessi mai desiderare...per essere rapiti da quest'opera leggete il libro di Baremboim e Chereau sulla musica e la regia di questa stessa...tutto prende un senso più compiuto. Io l'ho fatto. Non mi aspettavo di piangere, a 16 anni, per ciò che adesso so essere davvero il maggiore motivo della mia vita!

[@tigget308]

This is stunning

[@RODOLFITO2241]

I cry when I listen to this, the fact that Baremboim (an Argentine-Israeli) champions Wagner shows that his music transcends religion, race and time.

[@nemo9171]

Wunderbares schöne interpretation Viva für Waltraud Meier und vielen Dank für dieses Moment zu Ihnen !

[@paulostroff99]

FYI his name is Barenboim,and not Barenboin! He is one of the finest musical personalities of the twentieth century-both as a concert pianist,as well as an orchestra conductor. Waltraud Meier gives us a masterful performance. Brava! Bravo!

[@aliegan2109]

It’s crazy that this is the same woman who delivered at least three amazing and completely different takes on the same aria (in Munich, in Bayreuth and here). I definitively had to go back to make sure it was the same person.

[@tommot7755]

she is from space somewhere. lucky we.

[@RafaelaMartinelli]

Barenboim is such an amazing conductor...

[@cinziavidali411]

Waltraut Meier è un'Isotta praticamente perfetta, il finale grandioso e ispirato è di una bellezza incomparabile

[@atenalongo3404]

io c'ero.... che ricordo... che brividi.....

[@carmeloserafin5101]

anch'io c'ero ...come si fa a scrivere dei dinieghi su un' artista così intelligente e carismatica in questo repertorio...dove gli anno gli orecchi...?quel Lust.... finale che non può più sparare come una stella mistica...sembra un riflesso di luce crepuscolare e lunare ancora più atroce proprio perché sussurrato...da eroina superba e angelicata nel suo sacrificio.

[@severusfloki5778]

This is art.

[@PerArneJonsson]

This interpretation is getting to the core of the music. Just listen how it moves from standing almost still to an inner movement.. How the intensity grows.

[@babaeast]

She is living Isolde. it doesn't matter if some of the high notes are flattish.....within her vibrato she mostly gets there. It's such a beautiful moving display of Wagner.. Try to join in this amazing experience..

[@NikoHL]

All the great Sopranos must live the part they are playing. It's method acting. This is wonderful. You should also listen to Shirley Verret with Zubin Mehta conducting.. transcendent performance. ..

[@tomterreri6364]

Watching and listening to her doing the finale, I feel like I have been there every step of the way, drained, and about to collapse with her!!!..gripping and then total silence....not sure when I come back to reality.

[@bb1111116]

This brought tears. An emotional performance.

[@MilesLinklater]

Ms. Meier has just sung her last Isolde in Munich. She is amazing.

[@joeyt4491]

Beautiful!! Amazing voice

[@johanna33560]

really fantastic... i hope to sing this aria one day... i love it!!! brava!!!

[@SteveNelsonBrigade]

Absolutely. It's also amazing how she has moved from the Wagnerian mezzo roles -- Sieglinde, Waltraute, Kundry -- into Isolde. How many Isoldes are there in the world anyway? Not many.

[@brunopicaude3092]

Quelle émotion ! J'en ai des frissons.

[@tequiness061]

Waltraud is the best singing Liebestod.

[@jduff59]

She is carrying the torch from Liebestod and all so well.

[@bertilhuger6416]

Fantastisch!

[@sergiogranai9953]

Grazie alla S.a Waltraud Meier,il suo fraseggio,la sua voce,incantato.

[@Spiritburnfree]

Magnifique Isolde.

[@giancarlomaz8160]

simply perfect

[@giorgio1217]

magnifico maestro Baremboi

[@gyvenchyespectaculare7233]

Love .

[@colin_rose]

saw the title and thought it would be barenboim playing the liszt transcription...forgot that he is an AMAZING conductor as well!

[@Superslider16]

Love the look on his face at the first "Bravo!".

[@Tatsu999999]

He actually wrote in his books that quote, as he intend to show the music as a part of the silence, or in this case evolving into silence. Then, the the applauding is interrupting the natural course of music, then one of the most beautiful parts of it: its death...

[@monteverdi1567]

What a performance, thank you for sharing it. I do feel a bit sorry for Mr Barenboim, though, he clearly was brought back to earth rather abruptly. WHile one does not wish to discourage an enthusiastic hearer from expressing his appreciation, it is wished they might allow themselves an extra moment of silent, 'innig' enjoyment.

[@niccolonardi5760]

The importance of silence in music, as Claudio Abbado said years ago...

[@juliette1286]

INCREIBLE

[@tonywatson414]

Barenboim would have liked a moment of silence at the end there just to take in what has been experienced but the ovation was thoroughly deserved.

[@olaig100]

For the contrary. He was acclaimed for 15 minutes. One of the greates success of his careear so far.

[@marsfuture]

Whoa, Barenboim makes a real point of literally 'dragging out' the last notes of the score and orchestra, and some people just cannot wait to scream and shout, as if they'd actually do Meier or anyone else a favour there. There's a kind of respect and revery and adoration that doesn't need a 'me-first-with-BRAVAAA' attitude, and seeing poor Isolde is going mad and deluded at the end of a supremely tragic narrative just doesn't lend itself to shouts at the first possible second. How people on here commenting even show understanding for those shouting is beyond me. It's obvious to see Barenboim felt it totally inappropriate, and the shouts cut through those last moments like a knife. Look for Meier's Munich performance to understand how much more dignified an audience can behave. There's total and utter silence for at least a minute, and when the applause sets in it's sort of somber, very befitting not only Meier's achievement but also the tragic story.

[@Altonahh10]

+marsfuture I know the magic Barenboim is able to create with Wagner´s music. And you´re absolutely right, to worship the artists´ achievements, there are those seconds of quiet and understanding it´s over, the magic is gone, NOW is the time to bring yourself, the audience, back to reality. Nowadays a lot of opera goers are celeberating themselves for their presence at an event. And that "bravo"-mentality is really killing me

[@42ndbestnameever]

Preach!

[@42ndbestnameever]

Preach!

[@kawai1]

You're absolutely right! Barenboim's face reaction to the 'Bravo' screems were exactly my reaction.

[@slingsby86]

Never a truer word spoken. It breaks my heart... every concert you attend nowadays. Ruined by someone who doesn’t understand the importance of silence.

[@yusukeundisolde]

danke !

[@ameliaaroca8290]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jocadias]

Como expressar o sentimento que essa obra nos causa ? Aonde será que estava o pensamento de Wagner ao compor essa maravilha ? Sublime... simplesmente, sublime !!!

[@lordalfred1882]

Sublime!

[@PrettyOdds]

Danke !

[@leukipos]

I can't agree more.Every single Wagner part just becomes her,Kundry,Sieglinde,Isolde,Venus,Waltraute.Who can denies she is the greatest and clever wagnerian singer ever?

[@tomterreri6364]

Emotionally drained every time ........

[@wernerkunz9505]

how true - there is no one who manages to sing Isolde like her. Next performances are due for early March in Munich :-) I'll be there for sure

[@babigyrl5]

I love the conductors expression witht he applause :-)

[@rosaluciacincuegrani205]

¡formidable, bellísimo! Pasen la ópera completa que es muy hermosa! Gracias.

[@jrvr9559]

The final chord feels like the foundations of the universe.

[@MaurizioPallavicini]

La migliore !

[@MaurizioPallavicini]

bodiloto Non sono un esperto, esprimo il mio gusto personale in seguito all'ascolto. La mia impressione è stata quella e ciò mi basta. Del resto odo colle mie orecchie, non con quelle altrui.

[@berndhuebel5665]

What a wonderful voice! Viele Grüße aus dem Münsterland in Northwestern Germany, Bernd.

[@anisometropie]

6:55 Daniel’s cringe is real when they start expressing this primal instinct to bawl and to clap their hand together.

[@billyves1]

Tough hey... sort of suffering suddenly ;-(...

[@herbrichster]

😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

[@silviagarciario3566]

Me hizo llorar siempre escuche a wag ner pero nunca había visto esto!!!

[@2111velvet]

Bravo Waltraud, du bist eine fantastische Isolde!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Impresionante, absolutamente sublime.!!!

[@MasterIsh91]

I do agree, it would be nice if the atmosphere could be held for just a few seconds before they start shouting bravo!

I love the face of Baremboin when the audience stars to say Bravo! Its like ¡Shut up bitches, is fucking Wagner!

[@leonardopassarelli]

I was there. BRAVA, not Bravo, was for Waltraud Meier not for him.

[@paulostroff99]

Steinweg9-A very fine conductor as well as a great pianist. One of the great musical personalities of the twentieth century!

[@lucianoiovino304]

Meraviglia❤

[@johanna33560]

for me the best isolde,really, more emotion, musicality, i love her and i hope that i will sing this aria one day... brava!!!!!!! thanks for this

[@kiimmaritz2827]

Brilliant

[@amfortas1978]

thing can't be always perfect can it :P when Meier started to sing this, she was brillant too.... more than 10 years ago.... I wish I can listen to Stemme under Barenboim's conducting. listen to the harmony he created in the final 3 minutes... master...

[@pieternooten]

breathtaking never the less...

[@MrMcCorby]

Das emotionalste Liebeslied aller Zeiten!

[@billyves1]

Inégalée Waltraud Meier, "timbre à la fois rond et lumineux, présence dramatique écrasante, abandon qui n'est propre qu'aux plus grands interprètes. Qui a connu Waltraud Meier en Isolde rien qu'une fois dans sa vie, reste marqué pour toujours" a écrit avec grande justesse Barbara Möller dans Die Welt. Il n'est malheureusement pas indiqué ici que la mise en scène de ce Tristan/Isolde est du très regretté Patrice Chéreau, les décors de Richard Peduzzi, lesquels ont produit avec Barenboin un Ring à Bayreuth qui fait toujours date.

[@erlandschneck-holze4476]

... wunderbare Darstellung: Barenboim mit Waltraud Meier; vgl. auch die Barenboim-Gesamt-Postings aus Bayreuth - vor allem das tolle ältere: mit der Ponnelle-Inszenierung (Tristian: Rene Kollo)

[@billwelshsf]

On top of that voice, her acting is awesome

[@alejandrogarces3795]

Gracias Dios por Wagner y los músicos esta obra celestial

[@akshaygowrishankar7440]

Jessye Norman and Waltraud Meier are the two best suited singers for the role of Isolde. And yes, I know Jessye Norman passed away last October, but she is such a wonderful soprano.

[@xptrail]

Bravissimo!!!

[@Tatsu999999]

I'm not refering to the audience's appreciation. If you pay attention to the Liebestod, the sound's nature demands a very long and fading-like death, which is why Barenboim needed complete silence at the end.

[@silviagarciario3566]

Que belleza es celestial!!!

[@1968KWT]

Happy Birthday, Waltraud Meier 🌹🌹🌹

[@froilan453]

Excelente maravilloso extraordinario Weeeeeeena!!!!!!!

[@theatrechick288]

This is what music really is!!!

[@yurizivago3641]

semplicemente Magnifica!

[@mclaire12]

For all: there is a story that piatogorski played for Casals and apologized for having played badly and Casals said "never mind my friend i am grateful for one beautiful phrase" i have tears in my eyes she gets it

[@j03039737]

visto nel 2009,fantastico spettacolo.

[@Mezzomatch]

6.54: My favorite moment :D

[@jmballestra7607]

Himmlische Musik !! Himmlische Waltraud !!! Himmlischer Wagner !!!!!

[@olaig100]

I am glade you loved. Olaig

[@sergiogranai9953]

Sublime

[@leukipos]

Nobody said it better than you did.100% agree.

[@andrew1976williams]

Astonishing singing