Catch This: Free Seattle Opera Preview

Seattle Public Library will host a preview of Seattle Opera’s upcoming production of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde today, starting at 12:00pm in the Microsoft Auditorium. The production features soprano Annalena Persson as Isolde and tenor Clifton Forbis as Tristan. Listen to an excerpt of the music on Seattle Opera's Web site. And read about Tristan rehearsals on the Opera's blog.

Library previews are free and open to the public.

More info about the show after the jump.

From the library's Web site:

In opera's ultimate love story, Wagner's revolutionary score highlights the all-consuming passion of fervent lovers whose longing for eternal bliss is quenched only in death. This new production of "Tristan and Isolde" marks the first pairing of stage director Peter Kazaras and designer Robert Israel. Under the baton of Seattle Opera's Principal Guest Conductor Asher Fisch, soprano Annalena Persson makes her company debut as Isolde alongside tenor Clifton Forbis as Tristan. Registration is not required. Doors will open 15 minutes before each program.

Seattle Public Library, Central Branch
1000 Fourth Ave.,  206.386.4636