NC Opera to Open New Season with TRISTAN AND ISOLDE, 11/9

North Carolina Opera kicks off their dynamic 2014/15 season with a concert performance of the Prelude and complete Act II of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, (sung in German with English subtitles),presented on one day only on November 9th at Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

Wagner created a whole new musical tonality to express the romantic power between Tristan and Isolde in this passionate opera about loves power to warp reality. In a story that exposes love as the greatest force, transcending life and death, Isolde nurtures Tristan back to health before realizing that he killed her lover. To mourn and atone, they intend to drink a death potion but quaff a love potion instead. Their tragic ecstasy expressed through the complexity and depth of Wagner's moving score is an experience not to be missed.

"Tristan and Isolde is the most passionate operatic love story, and Act II of Tristan may be the greatest act in all of Wagner. This is the core of the story, and Wagner captures the ebb and flow of their love in thrilling and compelling way." says North Carolina Opera General Director Eric Mitchko.

Experience opera's greatest love story with Jay Hunter Morris, Grammy Award-winning star of Wagner's epic four-opera Ring Cycle at the Metropolitan Opera, and Heidi Melton, who wowed us last season as the Foreign Princess in Rusalka. Join these acclaimed Wagnerian singers, maestro Timothy Myers and the NCO Orchestra as they musically transport us to a mythical world of passion and romance. The cast also includes acclaimed singers Elizabeth Bishop (NCO's Die Walküre) as Brangäne and the powerful Welsh bass Richard Wiegold as King Marke.

Embark upon this emotional and powerful musical journey in person on November 9, 2014 at 3pm at Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall. With only one performance, this opera experience will sell out quickly with limited seating. Tickets and information can be found online at www.ncopera.org or by calling the North Carolina Opera offices at 919.792.3850.

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