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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0044007304396 Format: Box set, Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Deutsche Grammophon Languages: Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon MPN: 073043 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 Average Rating:
 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, ... 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 ... 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 ... Read More 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 ... Read More |
