In his late music drama »Tristan und Isolde«, Richard Wagner tells the tragic story of two lovers: love and death, dream and reality, day and night intertwine in a magical way. The boundaries blur. Melodies full of longing unfold into infinity. It is Wagner’s most radical, yet also his most sensual opera. The two lovers are drawn into a maelstrom of passion – so intense that redemption is possible only in death. The composer wrote his opera under the influence of his ardent yet unfulfilled love for Mathilde Wesendonck. Enrico Lübbe, Artistic Director of Schauspiel Leipzig, stages the opera as an oppressive chamber drama of emotions – visually striking, precise and full of intense inner tension.