"Liebestod" ([ˈliːbəsˌtoːt] German for "love death") is the title of the final, dramatic music from the 1859 operaTristan und Isolde byRichard Wagner. It is theclimactic end of the opera, as Isolde sings over Tristan's dead body.
The music is often used in film and television productions of doomed lovers.[1]
Mild und leise | Softly and gently |
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