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AUdio - Opera 1

Tristan und Isolde - End of Act 3 - Liebestod (by moltovivace)

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This piece is the climax of 'Tristan and Isolde', an intensely romantic and devastatingly tragic Wagner Opera.

At the beginning of the Opera, a few unresolved discords in the music sets up a subtle tension, audiences longing to hear the chords resolved. After 4 hours of this tension building, the psychological mind game climaxes in the aria in this clip.  Its like a damn wall of tension, of love and loss and longing, breaks down and washes over you like a serene force of nature. In context with the rest of the Opera, i imagine it would be a very intense experience.