The great outburst duet between Tristan and Isolde has turned out beautiful beyond all measure. —
In the first flush of joy thereat.
Source: Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck, trans. William Ashton Ellis (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905), No. 34
Wagner's Letters
Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck
Undated · Zurich
Overview
In the first flush of joy, Wagner announces that the great duet between Tristan and Isolde has turned out beautiful beyond all measure.