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Tristan und Isolde review

“Enter a world of tragedy”
ReviewsJun 22, 202610:55 by Edward BhesaniaLongborough Festival Theatre, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Catharine Woodward and Peter Wedd in Tristan und Isolde at Longborough Festival Theatre, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. Photo: Matthew Williams Ellis
Catharine Woodward and Peter Wedd in Tristan und Isolde at Longborough Festival Theatre, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. Photo: Matthew Williams Ellis
Stunningly intense take on one of opera’s most compelling love tragedies

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Edward Bhesania is a writer and editor who reviews for The Stage and The Strad. He has contributed to The Observer, BBC Music Magazine, International Piano, The Tablet and Country Life, and written concert notes for the BBC Proms, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

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