Review: Tristan and Isolde (Melbourne Opera)
Local soprano Lee Abrahmsen leads a handsomely sung but theatrically underwhelming production of Wagner’s tragic love story.
Patricia Maunder has been an arts journalist since the 1990s, interviewing the likes of Sir Andrew Davis and Renée Fleming, and contributing to publications such as The Age and Opera (UK). Based in Melbourne, she’s passionate about opera, theatre and anything Baroque.
Local soprano Lee Abrahmsen leads a handsomely sung but theatrically underwhelming production of Wagner’s tragic love story.
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