TV BBC Proms - Season 67 Episode 23 : Proms on Four: Tristan and Isolde BBC Proms - Season 67 Episode 23 : Proms on Four: Tristan and Isolde 7.7/10 by 3 users As part of the Wagner bicentenary celebrations at the Proms, Tom Service is at the Royal Albert Hall for a concert performance of Wagner's mighty Tristan and Isolde, the opera that marked a defining moment in the evolution of modern music. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Violeta Urmana and Robert Dean Smith are the lovers for whom the sweet embrace of death beckons. Tom talks to writer and Wagnerite Philip Hensher, while conductor and cast explain the herculean physical and emotional endurance the opera demands of them. Details Casts Posters Images Title BBC Proms - Season 67 Episode 23 : Proms on Four: Tristan and Isolde Alternative Titles The Proms, Proms Subtitle Available ETC. First Air Date 1947-09-13 Last Air Date 2025-08-02 Number of Episodes 1139 Number of Seasons 79 Genres , Networks BBC One, CBBC, BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Television, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List BBC Proms Season 67 :Episode 1 First Night of the Proms 2013-07-12 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 67 :Episode 2 Proms on Four: Orchestras of the World - Bamberg Symphony Orchestra 2013-07-18 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 67 :Episode 3 Proms on Four: Friday Night at the Proms - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 2013-07-19 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... 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