“The gaudiest event of the opera season in Europe, La Scala’s opener on Dec. 7 was a sublime new version of Tristan und Isolde directed by Patrice Chéreau under the baton of the house’s new principal guest conductor, Daniel Barenboim. ….. Mr. Barenboim, who knows this opera as well as anyone, drew rich, densely textured, multilayered sounds from his players.’’ New York Times

01 Tristan und Isolde: Acte I  - Daniel Barenboim/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Ian Storey/Waltraud Meier/Matti Salminen/Gerd Grochowski/Will Hartmann/Michelle DeYoung/Alfredo Nigro/Ryland Davies/Ernesto Panariello

02 Tristan und Isolde: Acte II  - Daniel Barenboim/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Ian Storey/Waltraud Meier/Matti Salminen/Gerd Grochowski/Will Hartmann/Michelle DeYoung/Alfredo Nigro/Ryland Davies/Ernesto Panariello

03 Tristan und Isolde: Acte III  - Daniel Barenboim/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Ian Storey/Waltraud Meier/Matti Salminen/Gerd Grochowski/Will Hartmann/Michelle DeYoung/Alfredo Nigro/Ryland Davies/Ernesto Panariello