When Jonas Kaufmann sang Tristan at Carnegie Hall, it was a longing fulfilled for New York. For the opera itself, longing – frustrated longing, in what might be seen as the central romance of Western narratives – is central.
When Jonas Kaufmann sang Tristan at Carnegie Hall, it was a longing fulfilled for New York. For the opera itself, longing – frustrated longing, in what might be seen as the central romance of Western narratives – is central.