Wagner Ring Cycle Dvd Reviews

The bayreuth production directed by patrice.

Wagner ring cycle dvd reviews.

I attended the previous production of rheingold at the met back in probably the mid 80 s when it was the new production. It s hard for me to not love a wagner opera and the ring cycle was my first exposure to a complete performance being the solti ring on eleven reels of tape. Der ring des nibelungen complete ring cycle levine metropolitan opera by hildegard behrens dvd 72 78 in stock. 2 22 2007 buy now from arkiv.

Each opera had a different cast and different director with the only continuity being the staatsorchester stuttgart under the baton of lothar zagrosek. First off this review applies only to the kultur release of barenboim s bayreuth ring cycle wagner. Der ring des nibelungen 11 dvd. Warner classics had previously issued the same performance in der ring des nibelungen 7 dvd and ring des nibelungen 7 dvd.

Mike ashman visits the musical immortals and the younger gods of today to deliver his verdict on the complete ring on record. And that ring i still own on laserdisk and dvd. Wagner s ring mike ashman sunday january 13 2019 can any one reading of wagner s epic operatic cycle ever satisfy the demands of its huge audiences. Der ring des nibelungen 11 dvd.

This is a cd rom created by monte stone in 1997. Lepage production calling attention to wagner s epic ring cycle this could be a great time to give an opera lover what for me is still the most gripping insightful and moving ring on dvd. Coupled with a bonus dvd of der ring des nibelungen documentary. Ships from and sold by record plant.

The 2002 2003 ring cycle from the staatsoper stuttgart released on dvd by tdk euroarts in 2004 was to put it mildly a controversial production. An interactive guide to wagner s ring cycle. A unique and exclusive package on multi blu ray set of the most successful ring cycle production of the 21th century. This ring takes the shelf space of only two of the operas and warner s price is more than competitive.

It has the entire 14 5 hours of solti s version as a compressed file on one single disc in mono sound with the complete piano vocal score and the german libretto with english translation and commentaries. Warner classics had previously issued the same performance in der ring des nibelungen 7 dvd and ring des nibelungen 7 dvd. First off this review applies only to the kultur release of barenboim s bayreuth ring cycle wagner. But with the solti it s one of the two most sonically up to date.

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