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Tristan und Isolde - behind the scenes

Take a peek backstage

Take a peek backstage of Tristan und Isolde

Photographer: Graham Carlow

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Brangäne) and Miina-Liisa Värelä (Isolde) backstage

Shenyang (Kurwenal) waits offstage

The cast take their bows

The London Philharmonic Orchestra

A view through the Tristan und Isolde set into the auditorium

Stage manager Sophie Leach and running wardrobe manager Lucy Harris test Isolde’s light-up dress backstage

Miina-Liisa Värelä (Isolde) on stage in her light-up dress, with stage manager Sophie Leach offstage.

Stuart Skelton (Tristan)

Martin Robertson plays the Tárogató in the upper circle stairwell. This unusual woodwind instrument can be heard in Act III of Tristan und Isolde.

Stage manager Ben Sedgwick prepares a sword backstage.

The cast and conductor Robin Ticciati backstage after the show

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