Götterdämmerung / Richard Wagner ; from the Bayreuth Festspielhaus ; a production of Unitel GmbH & Co.

Format:

Conference/Event

Video

Contributor:

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, composer, librettist.

Jerusalem, Siegfried, performer.

Brinkmann, Bodo, 1942- performer.

Kang, Philip, performer.

Kannen, Günter von, 1940- performer.

Evans, Anne, performer.

Bundschuh, Eva-Maria, performer.

Meier, Waltraud, performer.

Svendén, Birgitta, performer.

Finnie, Linda, performer.

Priew, Uta, performer.

Leidland, Hilde, performer.

Küttenbaum, Annette, performer.

Turner, Jane, 1960- performer.

Barenboim, Daniel, 1942- conductor.

Kupfer, Harry, producer.

Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.

Warner Classics (Firm)

Thea Marie Garfield Fund.

Conference Name:

Bayreuther Festspiele.

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Concert films.

Operas.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

At head of title: Ring des Nibelungen : a stage-festival drama for three days and a preliminary evening. Third day

Place of Publication:

U.K. : Warner Classics, [2006]

Language Note:

Sung in German, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.

System Details:

DVD-9, region 1, NTSC, aspect ratio 16:9; LCPM Stereo., Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround.

digital

optical

mixed

Dolby digital 5.1

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

In the final part of Wagner's epic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegfried's world descends into falsehood and betrayal before his cursed life is ended by a single spear. Fate ignites the final conflagration, which sets the world to await its new beginning.

Contents:

disc 1. Prologue ; Act 1

disc 2. Act 2 ; Act 3.

Participant:

Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Bodo Brinkmann (Gunther) ; Philip Kang (Hagen) ; Günter von Kannen (Alberich) ; Anne Evans (Brünhilde) ; Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Gutrune) ; Waltraud Meier (Waltraute) ; Birgitta Svendén, Linda Finnie, Uta Priew (Norn) ; Hilde Leidland (Woglinde) ; Annette Küttenbaum (Wellgunde) ; Jane Turner (Flosshilde) ; Bayreuth Festival Chorus ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra ; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

Credits:

Stage producer, Harry Kupfer ; stage designer, Hans Schavernoch ; costume designer, Reinhard Heinrich ; video director, Horant H. Hohlfeld ; artistic supervision, Wolfgang Wagner.

Notes:

Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, June-July 1991.

Interview with Harry Kupfer and synopsis in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian (59 p.) inserted in container.

Bonus feature: Daniel Barenboim and John Tomlinson talk about the Harry Kupfer production of the "Ring" at Bayreuth in 1991 and 1992 (13 min.).

Contains:

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung

OCLC:

78900730

Publisher Number:

825646232123

R2 62321 Warner Classics

Online:

The Thea Marie Garfield Fund Home Page