Specifically constructed wooden horn often called holztrompete sounds at Met Opera in Wagner's `Tristan und Isolde'

NEW YORK (AP) — About 4 1/2 hours after the primary notes of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” a startling sound emerges from the wings, one many within the viewers seemingly have by no means heard earlier than. A virtually 4-foot picket horn often called a holztrompete, specifically constructed to the composer’s considerably ambiguous specs, indicators the arrival of […]