Helen Traubel sings – magnificently – Isolde’s Narrative and Curse from the first act of Wagner’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE.
Helen Traubel – Isolde’s Narrative and Curse – Rodzinski cond
“With the gleaming sword,
I stood over him,
Ready to avenge Morold’s death.
He looked up – not at the sword,
not at my hand –
he looked into my eyes.
His anguish
touched my heart.
The sword…I let it fall!
His wound I healed so that he could travel homeward…and no longer trouble me with his gaze.”
Oberon's Glade 