Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Complete Ring Cycle)
by Brian Large
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Actor: Christa Ludwig, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, James Morris, MariAnne H?ggander, Siegfried JerusalemDirector: Brian Large
Writer: Richard Wagner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: German (Original Language), Unknown; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Chinese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Movie Reviews of Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Complete Ring Cycle)
Movie Review: a satisfying "Ring"
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this because I wanted a traditional production of a work that I think is betrayed by most modern directors, and for the excellent Wotan of James Morris. He does not disappoint, nor does the production. The greatest Wotan since Hotter, gifted with perhaps a more beautiful voice, and a handsome and eloquent actor, Morris looks and sounds like a god, and makes the transition from the young and brash character into the older and defeated one most creditable. He sings the way you dream he should. Also outstanding is Christa Ludwig as Fricka and Waltraute, and Jesseye Norman, as Sieglinde (though you have to suspend disbelief as to her being either a child of Wotan or Siegmund's sister). Hildegard Behrens, while she never quite sounds like a goddess, and is not a Nilsson, a Varnay or a Flagstad, at least surmounts the vocal challenges of the role, and looks the part of the warrior heroine. So with Siegfried Jerusalem, who acts well and does look like a believable Siegfried. He sounds quite good at moments, and a bit less so at others, but again, surmounts the role, though not without effort. Gary Lakes (Siegmund) and others do a creditable job. James Levine is a wonderful conductor throughout, and the images are quite evocative. Sound is excellent.
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