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Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act I : Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act I: "Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden"
About This Song
About "Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act I : Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act I: "Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden"" by Birgit Nilsson
A wail of 'Weh, ach wehe!'—Nilsson makes suffering a physical force. The orchestra heaves like a wounded animal, and her voice, a white-hot filament, illuminates the unbearable: to endure love as a poison. The tension is a cord stretched to humming.