Join the Triangle Wagner Society of North Carolina for a unique presentation: The Lovers’ Bane: The Story of Tristan and Iseult as told in Medieval music and song. Severall Friends, directed by Mary Springfels, play music of the 13th century with songs and lais, and text from the poem Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg. This literary work was the main source of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. Adapted readings from the text are narrated by Desirée Mays, who will also introduce the video. The musicians play early music instruments set to a montage of original medieval images.