Type: Orchestra, Opera
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Soloist: Renée Fleming
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Location: Culture Center Lucerne, Switzerland
Festival: Lucerne Festival
Year: 2004

This live recording from the 2004 Lucerne Festival features Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, performed by the renowned Renée Fleming, and the second act of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde, with Violeta Urmana, Mihoko Fujimura, and René Pape. The New York Times highlighted "Tristan" as the pinnacle of the festival's opening concert. Under the baton of Claudio Abbado, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra created this concert with exceptional orchestral musicians and soloists