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Original - Richard Wagner is one of the defining composers of opera, and his Tristan und Isolde was one of the most influential on the genre. Here we see husband and wife Ludwig and Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld, the creators of the title roles, in costume and on set, though, given the demands of early photography, most likely not in an actual performance. The opera was extremely difficult on its leads - it had to be delayed when Malvina temporarily lost her voice, and Ludwig died three weeks after the fourth performance. Nonetheless, it remains a cornerstone of the operatic repetoire.
Edit 1 - Attempts to repair some of the artefacting with levels adjustment and lots and lots of careful, selective blurs.
Reason
One of those "I can't believe this exists" sort of images - who'd have guessed that a photo of the original production of Tristan und Isolde was floating around? There's some degredation, but it is nearly a century-and-a-half since the photo was taken. In short, a surprising and wonderful find that I really think deserves recognition.
Articles this image appears in
Tristan und Isolde
Creator
Joseph Albert
I think the levels adjustment is probably an improvement, but the blurring to get rid of the white line is not an improvement. This is usually done with cloning, and I certainly don't know how to do it. - Enuja (talk) 22:42, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I used cut and paste to fix the white line - the blurring was to fix the JPEG artefacting. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:26, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Joseph Albert - Ludwig und Malwine Schnorr von Carolsfeld - Tristan und Isolde, 1865e.jpg MER-C 06:57, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]