The annual new production at the Bayreuth Festival is always one of the most eagerly awaited events in the operatic calendar. Presenting Wagner's revolutionary work of music theatre Tristan und Isolde, 2024’s production continued the successful multiyear partnership between Deutsche Grammophon and the Bayreuth Festival.

Icelandic director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson made his Bayreuth debut and was celebrated for his psychologically penetrating interpretation, as was his splendid cast featuring Andreas Schager and Camilla Nylund as the ill-fated lovers.