This psychologically probing, stunningly designed, superbly cast 1990s Bayreuth staging by leading German dramatist Heiner Muiller "opened new perspectives on Tristan"s vast imaginative landscape... Waltraud Meier sang like a goddess we might have dreamed up from the golden age of Wagner singing. Siegfried Jerusalem"s third act blazed with vocal and histrionic conviction, superbly supported by Barenboim and the orchestra" (Opera, London).