20 Apr 2006

Tristan und Isolde, Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/80cf7a82-d08d-11da-b160-0000779e2340.html

By Shirley Apthorp [Financial Times, 20 April 2006]

What if Brangäne forgot to switch the vials? For a moment it looks as if Tristan and Isolde have quaffed poison after all. Blood pours from their mouths. This could be a surprisingly short evening.