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DVD : Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Complete Ring Cycle)
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Complete Ring Cycle) starring: Siegfried Jerusalem, Hildegard Behrens, James Morris (IX), Heinz Zednik, Birgitta Svendén directed by: Brian Large List Price: $119.98 CD-Charts Price: $70.97 You Save: $49.01 (41%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0044007304396 Format: Box set, Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Deutsche Grammophon Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon Number Of Discs: 7 Number Of Items: 7 Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 12, 2002 Studio: Deutsche Grammophon Theatrical Release Date: 1990 Sales Rank: 10291 MPN: 073043 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - The best of WagnerI RECOMMENDING THIS EDITION OF WAGNER'S MUSIC -Wagner: Complete Operas Label: Membran / Documents Catalog #: 223053 Composer: Richard Wagner Performer: Franz Klarwein, Luise Willer, Viorica Ursuleac, Georg Hann, Hans Hotter, Karl Ostertag, August Seider, Karl Paul, Margarete Bäumer, Marianne Schech, Otto von Rohr, Benno Kusche, Eleanor Steber, Josef Greindl, Hans Braun, Hermann Uhde, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Bodo Brinkmann, Tiny Peters, Ortrun Wenkel, Wolfgang Neumann, Carla Pohl, Zlatomira Nikolova, Frode Olsen, Gabriele Maria Ronge, Edward Cook, Malcolm Smith, John Wegner, Simon Yang, Wilja Ernst-Mosuraitis, ... Read More: Rating:  - Wagner's Ring on DVDExcellent presentations. Excellent purchase process. Delivery was within 2 or 3 days of transaction. Rating: - Epic performanceThis is an epic performance of the most epic of operas. The Met brings all of its awesome technical capabilities to bear in creating a splendid, if traditional, visual presentation, very nearly matched by sumptuous and passionate vocal and theatrical performances. James Morris is one of the best Wotans of the past generation. Siegfried Jerusalem is a thrilling Siegfried (and a surprisingly good Loge). Hildegarde Behrens does not fit the usual physical type for a Walkure and is not Birgit Nilssen, but still sings and acts a vital and exciting Brunnhilde. Christa Ludwig and Jessye Norman both are perhaps a little past their primes, but do very well in filling their rolls as Fricka and Sieglinde. Etc., etc. all the way through the impressive ... Read More: Rating: - Overall, the best "Ring" out thereAs a veteran of 25+ live "Ring" cycles, this Met production remains my favorite. Reviewers giving this production 3 stars have evidently not suffered through such "Ring" abominations as those recently done in Vienna and Stuttgart, or the godawful Kirov "Ring" at the Met this summer. Siegfried Jerusalem is a fantastic Siegfried, warm, likeable(which is difficult), nuanced, I could go on and on. It is hard to describe how many trainwreck "Siegfried"s I have seen, this one is pretty near perfect. Any live production of "The Ring" is never going to be exactly what you have in mind. Actually, James Levine's conducting and innate understanding of "The Ring" IS what I have in mind...this is the best DVD of "The Ring" available. Rating: - Good enough, I'd sayThis Ring Cycle does *not* deserve three-and-a-half stars, so I'm trying to up the average--I'd prefer to give it four-and-a-half, but there we go. There are minor quibbles which have been mentioned: no horses, the fact that the twins aren't very, well, twin-like--they're all true, but not enough to take a star off, that's for sure. All the problems with it are so minor I hardly noticed. James Morris' Wotan is truly amazing, and Hildegard Behrens, though not perfect, is a decent enough Brunnhilde. But Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegfried troubled me (I think I've been spoiled by Alberto Remedios--listen to the ENO Ring Cycle recording of "Siegfried" after this and you'll get my point). Matti Salminen is a wonderful Hagen/Fafner, ... Read More: |
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