Illustrated synopsis Cast gallery The Forging of the Ring, Roeland Hazendonk's 50-minute introduction to Wagner's Ring from Het Muziekheater Amsterdam, including interviews with Hartmut Haenchen, Pierre Audi and principle members of the cast Region: All
2 - Disc Set Audio: 2/DTS
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Theater Music Release Date: 01/01/2001 Sound: 2/DTS Run Time: Distributor/Studio: BBC / Opus Arte
From the legendary stage of the Het Musiektheater Amsterdam comes a definitive production of Richard Wagner's landmark tetralogy performed on an astonishing, ring-shaped stage and featuring spot-on stage direction by Pierre Audi and awe-inspiring sets by George Tsypin. Guest conductor Hartmut Haenchen leads a orchestra that stretches from the pit all around the spectacular stage, with soloists John Bröcheler, Henk Smit, Graham Clark, Reinhild Runkel, Chris Merritt, and Anne Gjevang lending fantastic vocalization to a production worthy of revisiting whenever the spirit of the theater takes hold. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide