The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season continues at the Strand Theatre with a simulcast of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” on Saturday, March 21, at 12 p.m. An encore screening will be presented on Wednesday, April 1, at 12 p.m. 

"After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide on March 21 as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death," said the Strand, in a news release.

Tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan.

According to the Strand, the momentous occasion also marks the advent of a new, Met-debut staging by Yuval Sharon—hailed by The New York Times as “the most visionary opera director of his generation” and the first American to direct an opera at the famed Wagner festival in Bayreuth—as well as Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading Tristan und Isolde at the Met.

Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova reprises her portrayal of Brangäne, alongside bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, who sings Kurwenal after celebrated Met appearances in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer and Ring Cycle. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes an important role debut as King Marke, according to the news release.

Estimated running time is 5 hours 27 min, including two intermissions. More information can be found on the Strand Theatre website at www.RocklandStrand.com.  

This season’s series at the Strand is generously supported by Edward Jones financial advisors.

Tickets are on sale now, and reserved seats are offered for the live transmission.                                                      

Tickets are available online at www.RocklandStrand.com; by calling the box office at (207) 594-0070; or at the walk-up box office one hour prior to each opera showtime. Tickets are $32/Adults, $27/Strand Members, and $15/Students.

Tickets for encore presentations are $27/Adults, $22/Strand Members, and $10/Students.

The Strand Theatre is located at 345 Main Street, Rockland.