Its story of gods, dwarves, and men and the quest for an allpowerful ring was inspired by many sources, including thcentury icelandic writings and the medieval. For immediate release wagners complete ring cycle coming to participating movie theatres in canada four iconic operas and a documentary to be shown in may toronto, on, april 26, 2012, tsx. Deutsche grammophon 001735609 dvd or 001735559 bluray, 114 mins. For this reason, many full ring recordings are the result of unofficial recording of live performances, particularly from the bayreuth festival where new productions are often broadcast by german ra. Conceived and written over a period of more than 25 years, wagners ring cycle is an epic musical journey of four operas. It is hard to believe that its almost eight years since this complete cycle was. The first complete cycle of robert lepages ring concludes at the. Combining the music of richard wagner with film footage. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Filmed at the worldfamous metropolitan opera house in new york, in high definition the award winning robert lepage production. The word wagnerian as a synonym for operatic bombast may have fallen out of favor in recent years, as has the reputation of german composer richard wagner. Detractors, on the contrary, find the sets drearily realistic, the production short of drama and describe it as a nibelungen ring museum. Fritz hubner is a slightly woolly but sinister fafner, ortrun wenkel is a touching erda and hermann becht is an effectively skincrawling alberich. Collectors who want a complete wagner ring in their collection which gives us the score exactly as wagner wrote it without any errors or slips such as are inevitable in any live performance will want this recording.
We look at grey, naked and desolate sets dominated. The 1965 bbc documentary film on soltis recording of the ring. The festival was directed by wolfgang wagner and the production was created by the french team of conductor pierre boulez, stage director patrice. Live in hd wagners complete ring cycle encore season 2012. If you regret that no modern production is ever true to wagners own stage directions and you should, because it is always disappointing these days, usually ugly or merely provocative for no good reason this is the one. This complete set of the ring cycle, made during performances in wagners theatre at bayreuth, remains one of the greatest rings on record. Robert lepages first complete ring concludes at met the new. Unavoidable reference production for all later stagings of the ring.
Oct 28, 2008 the major strengths of this ring is daniel barenboim. For this reason, many full ring recordings are the result of unofficial recording of live performances, particularly from the bayreuth festival where new productions are often broadcast by german radio. The ring of the nibelung wagner long trailer met new york. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The royal danish opera performed a complete ring cycle in may 2006 in its new. Gotterdammerung premiered in january 2012, and complete cycles were performed at the end of the 201112 season and again during the 2012 season. Clocking in at approximately 15 hours, this makes it the longest opera ever created and the second longest song in the world. A complete 15hour performance is now free online thanks to the bbc. The information about the opera is on rhinegolds second dvd,the making of the ring. May 22, 2012 wagners complete ring cycle screening in cinemas for the first time in the mets cuttingedge new production screenings of all four operas in wagners epic begin june 30 on june 2, a new. Film looks at robert lepages ring in the machine age nobody has got it perfectly right, william berger, an author of popular books about opera, is heard to. A unique and exclusive package, on multiset bluray, of the most successful ring cycle production of the 21th century. In this context it should be noted that this met production filmed in 198990 is the only conventionally staged dvd of the nibelungen ring on the market. Also contains the film wagners dream a documentary about the making of the.
To complement the complete ring cycle on both dvd and bluray. It is hard to believe that its almost eight years since this complete cycle was recorded. The conductor of the frankfurter operaund museum orchestra is sebastian wiegle,who is one of the few wagner conductors who does. Wagners complete ring cycle coming to participating movie. Set decorations are dispersed with, the odd metal staffelio apart. In the period up to the first performance of the complete ring cycle. I just didnt get what michael schulz was trying to do, hopefully the other weimar ring cycle will show the complete opposite and that this was the case of nobody finding their comfort zones yet.
Gotterdammerung premiered in january 2012, and complete cycles. The winners written by the wagnerian on sunday, 16 march 2014 3. Also contains the film wagners dream a documentary about the making of the metropolitan operas new ring cycle. Wagners complete ring cycle screening in cinemas for the first time in the mets cuttingedge new production screenings of all four operas in wagners epic begin june 30 on june 2, a new. In places, wagner tells the story with the orchestra, using leitmotifsfragments of melody that convey emotions and themes as they recur in varying contexts. Hans hotter baritone vocals, birgit nilsson soprano vocals, kirsten flagstad soprano vocals, dietrich fischerdieskau baritone vocals, wolfgang windgassen tenor vocals, ira. The film here, by opera north, comes from live performances in. Sellers, joyce castle, diane kesling, jacalyn bower, brian large, richard wagner. Loony tunes kill the wabbit spoofed the ring cycle, and became an entire generations first, and often only exposure to opera, as ayun halliday noted here recently. Clearly the best nibelungen ring dvd on the market as i am concerned. Film music on the web closed in december 2006 programme notes. Ring resounding text and commentary 9 of deryck cooke. Created in 1876, this scenic festival staged in a prologue and three days, as wagner named it, consists of four operas totalling more than fifteen hours of music. Reviewed in the united kingdom on january 15, 2012.
The composer termed the cycle a buhnenfestspiel stage festival play, structured in three days preceded by a vorabend preliminary evening. Features bryn terfel, deborah voigt, stephanie blythe, jonas kaufmann. The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history. Tolkiens lord of the rings and scored the ride of the valkyries scene in apocalypse now. Soltis ring has twice been voted the greatest recording ever made, in polls for gramophone magazine in 1999 and the bbcs music magazine in 2012. It is even possible for the orchestra to convey ideas that are hidden from the. Wagners complete ring cycle screening in cinemas for the first time. The nibelungenlied song of the nibelungen is a long middle high german epic by a south german poet of the early th cent. The works are based loosely on characters from the norse sagas and the nibelungenlied.
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