The Boston Globe, October 4th, 1987
Late last month in Boston's Church of the Covenant, the Boston Camerata and conductor Joel Cohen finished recording what they are happy to tout as the first 20th-century production of "Tristan and Iseult" with vocal and dance music not heard for 600 years. Medieval it may be, but, says Cohen, it's a good deal more hip than the opera libretto that Wagner fashioned from the same old legend. While the period-instrument "Tristan" its won't bump Wagner's big-band opera from the boards, it will add an evening-length work to the medieval repertory. It's considerably shorter than Wagner's "Tristan." ...
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