Editing Tristan und Isolde (section)

==Roles==
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!Role
![[Voice type]]
!Premiere cast, 10 June 1865<br />Conductor: [[Hans von Bülow]]
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|[[Tristan]], ''a [[Bretons|Breton]] nobleman, adopted heir of Marke''
|[[tenor]]
|[[Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld]]
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|[[Iseult|Isolde]], ''an [[Irish people|Irish]] princess betrothed to Marke''
|[[high dramatic soprano]]
|[[Malvina Garrigues|Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld]]
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|Brangäne, ''Isolde's maid''
|soprano<ref>The score calls for a soprano, and Brangäne was sung by one in the original production; however, the role has been generally sung by a mezzo-soprano {{harv|Jander|Steane|Forbes|1992|loc=vol. 3, p. 372}}. Almost all available recordings feature a mezzo-soprano as Brangäne (see [[Tristan und Isolde discography]]).</ref>
|[[Anna Deinet]]
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|Kurwenal, ''Tristan's servant''
|[[baritone]]
|[[Anton Mitterwurzer]]
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|[[Mark of Cornwall|Marke]], ''King of [[Cornwall]]''
|[[bass (voice type)|bass]]
|[[Ludwig Zottmayr]]
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|Melot, ''a courtier, Tristan's friend''
|tenor (or baritone)<ref>The score calls for a tenor in the role of Melot; however, the part is frequently assigned to a baritone (examples: Joachim Sattler (Elmendorff, 1928), Bernd Weikl (1972, von Karajan), Brian Davis (1999, Levine), Stephen Gaertner (2008, Barenboim), and others) {{citation needed|date=November 2010}}</ref>
|Karl Samuel Heinrich
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|A shepherd
|tenor
|Karl Simons
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|A steersman
|baritone
|Peter Hartmann
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|A young sailor
|tenor
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| colspan="3" |''Sailors, knights, and esquires''
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