Tristan Und Isolde Film

Claude Heater and Jacqueline Van Quaile as Tristan and Isolde in the 1968 Belgium film filmed on location at the Castle in Ghent, Belgium.....See Claude's web site www.claudeheater.com At this point in his young career Claude had sung a year on Broadway, a World Premier with Leonard Bernstein, and the role of Jesus in the Academy of Arts awarded film of Ben Hur with Charlton Heston. Immediately thereafter, 3 years at the Staatsoper, Wien under von Karajan, two years before in Berlin and had already sung Wagner roles at Bayreuth, La Scala, Liceu, San Francisco Opera. His leading sopranos were Nilsson, Rysanek, Caballe, Varnay, Tebaldi, Jones, Sutherland, Costa, etc Von Karajan engaged Claude at the Vienna Staatsoper for 3 yrs as a baritone and took him to La Scala to sing in his Tristan and Isolde with Birgit Nilsson. Claude later sang the same role with Birgit at Bayreuth Festspiel Haus and also debuted at the same time in 1966 as Siegmund to Gwyneth Jones Sieglinde in Wagners Die Walkurie. His first Tristan was in Hannover, Germany where after the grueling 5 hour opera he bowed for another 26 minutes of applause! He prepared the role in Munich and Salzburg under the guidance of Max Lorenz who was the favorite Tristan in Europe while Lauritz Melchoir sang it at the Metropolitan Opera. After his debut as Tristan Claude sang it in eight different productions in one year including The Festival of Two Worlds with Giancarlo Menotti at Spoletto and Trieste, as well as the Lyceo in Barcelona and the Hamburg Opera with Birgit Nilsson followed by the Dresden Opera with Astrid Varnay. He finished his Boston Otello with Renata Tebaldi and Ramon Vinay as Iago and took a midnight plane to Italy where he had a staged orchestra rehearsal of Tristan in Genoa the next day. Both his Bayreuth and La Scala debuts came in 1966. The La Scala was Flying Dutchman's Erik with Leonie Rysanek as Senta. He had five seasons at Barcelona's Lyceo singing Tristan, Tannhauser, Siegmund, Siegfried that he staged as well. Montserrat Caballe stepped in for an ailing Anja Silja to sing the Elizabeth as a favor to Claude who sang with her in her first Tosca, Nedda in Pagliacci and Marta in Tiefland in Basel, Switzerland. This Tristan is the first full length film Claude Heater has done since the 1958 Academy Award film Ben Hur where William Wyler cast him in the role of The Christ. Charlton Heston spoke highly of his performance in his book An Actors Life. Chuck and Claude appeared together in 2003 at the Academy of Arts in Los Angeles in Ben Hur's last showing as the last two remaining actors in the film. See Youtube's, Ben Hur meets Jesus. The role of Jesus had special meaning for Claude having been a former Mormon Missionary at 19. Mormons worship a Jesus Christ but it is not the Bible Jesus who forgave all and while dying on the cross, said to the thief in Luke 23:43 Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise. Mark 8:12 says so likewise shall the Son of man be buried [three days] in the bowels of the earth. In contrast, Joseph Smiths Jesus Christ called by the same name and title, left the cross to personally slaughter hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting men, women and children in North and South America during the 3 days before resurrection. At least that is what Smith says in his Book of Mormon. See 3 Nephi Chapters 8-9 and 9:15! (Read also 'Fatal flaws of The Most Correct Book on Earth' by Claude Heater. Amazon.com) Claude Heater is still singing and building dramatic voices in San Francisco CA. He has been seen as Jesus world wide the Academy Award winning film 'Ben Hur' with Charlton Heston. See youtube's (Ben Hur meets Jesus) Visit Claude's Website at www.claudeheater.com

At this point in his young career Claude had sung a year on Broadway, a World Premier with Leonard Bernstein, and the role of Jesus in the Academy of Arts awarded film of Ben Hur with Charlton Heston. Immediately thereafter, 3 years at the Staatsoper, Wien under von Karajan, two years before in Berlin and had already sung Wagner roles at Bayreuth, La Scala, Liceu, San Francisco Opera. His leading sopranos were Nilsson, Rysanek, Caballe, Varnay, Tebaldi, Jones, Sutherland, Costa, etc In 58 Von Karajan engaged Claude for 3 yrs at the Vienna Staatsoper as a baritone and took him to La Scala to sing in his Tristan production with Birgit Nilsson. Claude later sang the same role with Birgit at the Bayreuth Festspiel and had his debut at the same time in 66 as Siegmund to Gwyneth Jones Sieglinde in Die Walkurie. His first Tristan was in Hannover, Germany where after the grueling 5 hour opera he bowed for another 26 minutes of applause! He prepared the role in Munich and Salzburg under the guidance of Max Lorenz who was the favorite Tristan in Europe while Lauritz Melchoir sang it at the Metropolitan Opera. Isolde: Jacqueline van Quaile After his debut as Tristan Claude sang it in eight different productions in one year including The Festival of Two Worlds with Giancarlo Menotti at Spoletto and Trieste, as well as the Lyceo in Barcelona and the Hamburg Opera with Birgit Nilsson followed by the Dresden Opera with Astrid Varnay. He finished his Boston Otello with Renata Tebaldi and Ramon Vinay as Iago and took a midnight plane to Italy where he had a staged orchestra rehearsal of Tristan in Genoa the next day. Both his Bayreuth and La Scala debuts came in 1966 as Siegmund with Gwyneth Jones and Erik with Leonie Rysanek. He had five seasons at Barcelonas Lyceo singing Tristan, Tannhauser, Siegmund, Siegfried that he staged as well. Montserrat Caballe stepped in for an ailing Anja Silja to sing the Elizabeth as a favor to Claude who sang with her in her first Tosca, Nedda in Pagliacci and Marta in Tiefland in Basel, Switzerland. This Tristan is the first full length film Claude Heater has done since the 1958 Academy Award film Ben Hur where William Wyler cast him in the role of The Christ. Charlton Heston spoke highly of his performance in his book An Actors Life. Chuck and Claude appeared together in 2003 at the Academy of Arts in Los Angeles in Ben Hur's last showing as the last two remaining actors in the film. See Youtube's, Ben Hur meets Jesus. The role of Jesus had special meaning for Claude having been a former Mormon Missionary at 19. Mormons worship a Jesus Christ but it is not the Bible Jesus who forgave all and while dying on the cross, said to the thief in Luke 23:43 Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise. Mark 8:12 says so likewise shall the Son of man be buried [three days] in the bowels of the earth. In contrast, Joseph Smiths Jesus Christ called by the same name and title, left the cross to personally slaughter hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children in North and South America during the 3 days before resurrection. At least that is what Smith says in his Book of Mormon. See 3 Nephi Chapters 8-9 and 9:15! (Read also 'Fatal flaws of The Most Correct Book on Earth' by Claude Heater. Amazon.com)

Claude Heater as Tristan and Dan Richardson as Kurvenal. At this point in his young career Claude had sung a year on Broadway, a World Premier with Leonard Bernstein, and the role of Jesus in the Academy of Arts awarded film of Ben Hur with Charlton Heston. Immediately thereafter, 3 years at the Staatsoper, Wien under von Karajan, two years before in Berlin and had already sung Wagner roles at Bayreuth, La Scala, Liceu, San Francisco Opera. His leading sopranos were Nilsson, Rysanek, Caballe, Varnay, Tebaldi, Jones, Sutherland, Costa, etc After his last performance as Otello with Renate Tebaldi in Boston, Heater left at midnight for a 10 AM orchestra rehearsal of Tristan in Genoa, Italy the next day. This was followed by a Hamburg performance with Birgit Nilsson and a Dresden Tristan with Astrid Varnay followed by Barcelona, Liceo Tristan with Ingrid Bjoner. Visit Claude's website www.claudeheater.com Claude was engaged at the Vienna Staatsoper as a baritone under Herbert Von Karajan who took him to La Scala to sing in his Tristan and Isolde production with Birgit Nilsson. Claude later sang the same role with Birgit at Bayreuth Festspiel Haus and also debuted at the same time in 1966 as Siegmund to Gwyneth Jones Sieglinde in Wagners Die Walkurie. His first Tristan was in Hannover, Germany where after the grueling 5 hour opera he bowed for another 26 minutes of applause! He prepared the role in Munich and Salzburg under the guidance of Max Lorenz who was the favorite Tristan in Europe while Lauritz Melchoir sang it at the Metropolitan Opera. After his debut as Tristan Claude sang it in eight different productions in one year including The Festival of Two Worlds with Giancarlo Menotti at Spoletto and Trieste along with the Lyceo in Barcelona and the Hamburg Opera with Birgit Nilsson followed by the Dresden Opera with Astrid Varnay. After his last baritone role opposite Dame Joan Sutherland at the San Francisco Opera he went back to his Villa attached to Mario Del Monaco's Villa where he worked with Mario as his tenor guide until a Vienna Staatsoper colleague suggested Max Lorenz in Munich and Salzburg for the helden tenor repertoire. This worked out with an engagement at Munich's National Theater (Bayerische Staatsoper) to debut as Parsifal. His first Siegmund was in Lisbon with his first Floristan and Siegfried in Augsburg. Claude is still building great Wagnerian voices in San Francisco CA. Check Website at www.claudeheater.com

At this point in his young career Claude had sung a year on Broadway, a World Premier with Leonard Bernstein, and the role of Jesus in the Academy of Arts awarded film of Ben Hur with Charlton Heston. Immediately thereafter, 3 years at the Staatsoper, Wien under von Karajan, two years before in Berlin and had already sung Wagner roles at Bayreuth, La Scala, Liceu, San Francisco Opera. His leading sopranos were Nilsson, Rysanek, Caballe, Varnay, Tebaldi, Jones, Sutherland, Costa, etc In 58 Von Karajan engaged Claude Heater for 3 yrs at the Vienna Staatsoper as a baritone and took him to La Scala to sing in his Tristan production with Birgit Nilsson. Claude later sang the same role with Birgit at the Bayreuth Festspiel and had his debut at the same time in 66 as Siegmund to Gwyneth Jones Sieglinde in Die Walkurie. His first Tristan was in Hannover, Germany where after the grueling 5 hour opera he bowed for another 26 minutes of applause! He prepared the role in Munich and Salzburg under the guidance of Max Lorenz who was the favorite Tristan in Europe while Lauritz Melchoir sang it at the Metropolitan Opera. Visit Claude's web site www.claudeheater.com After his debut as Tristan, Claude sang the role in eight different productions in two years including The Festival of Two Worlds with Giancarlo Menotti at Spoletto and Trieste, Italy as well as the Lyceo in Barcelona and the Hamburg Opera with Birgit followed by the Dresden Opera with Astrid Varnay with standing ovations. He finished his Boston Otello with Renata Tebaldi and Ramon Vinay as Iago and took a midnight plane to Italy where he had a staged orchestra rehearsal of Tristan in Genoa the next day. Both his Bayreuth and La Scala debuts came in 1966, the Erik at La Scala, Milan, was with Leonie Rysanek and can be found on CDs. He had five seasons at Barcelonas Lyceo singing Tristan, Tannhauser, Siegmund, Siegfried that he staged as well. Montserrat Caballe substituted for an ailing Anja Silja to sing the Elizabeth as a favor to Claude. She sang her first Tosca, Nedda in Pagliacci and Marta in Tiefland all with Claude in Basel, Switzerland. Maria Callas also did the role of Marta. (A rarely heard melodious opera) This Tristan is the first full length film Claude Heater has done since the 1958 Academy Award film Ben Hur where William Wyler cast him in the role of The Christ. Charlton Heston spoke highly of his performance in his book An Actors Life. Chuck and Claude appeared together in 2003 at the Academy of Arts in Los Angeles in Ben Hur's last showing as the last two remaining actors in the film. See Youtube's, Ben Hur meets Jesus. The role of Jesus had special meaning for Claude having been a former Mormon Missionary at 19. Mormons worship a Jesus Christ but it is not the Bible Jesus who forgave all and while dying on the cross, said to the thief in Luke 23:43 Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise. Mark 8:12 says so likewise shall the Son of man be buried [three days] in the bowels of the earth. In contrast, Joseph Smiths Jesus Christ called by the same name and title, left the cross to personally slaughter hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children in North and South America during the 3 days before resurrection. At least that is what Smith says in his Book of Mormon. See 3 Nephi Chapters 8-9 and 9:15! (Read also 'Fatal flaws of The Most Correct Book on Earth' by Claude Heater. Amazon.com) Visit Claude's Website at www.claudeheater.com