Wagner: Das Rheingold - DVD

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Wagner: Das Rheingold (OA0910D) (2004)<br /> <br /> Falk Struckmann (Wotan); Graham Clark (Loge); Günter von Kannen (Alberich); Lioba Braun (Fricka); Kwanchul Youn (Fasolt); Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu; Bertrand de Billy<br /> <br /> The prologue to Wagner's giant masterpiece Der Ring des Nibelungen unfolds the beginning of an epic journey when Alberich seizes the ring of gold, its awesome power unleashing an unstoppable story of deceit, destruction, death and transfiguring love.<br /> Filmed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2004, Harry Kupfer's stunning production first staged in Berlin, and recorded in sumptuous surround sound, numbers among the greatest productions of modern times.<br /> <br /> " Traditionalists need not fear Harry Kupfer and his team (set design: Hans Schavernoch, lighting: Franz Peter David). There's enough convention to be familiar and the modern touches are highly appropriate to the plot and its development. I am looking forward very much indeed to the next three parts of this cycle. It may well prove to be the definitive Ring cycle on film.<br /> <br /> " (Musicweb International)