Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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Product Description Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen Das Rheingold · Die Walküre · Siegfried · Götterdämmerung & Wagner's Dream - The making of the Ring Starring in alphabetical order: Patricia Bardon · Stephanie Blythe · Richard Croft · Mojca Erdmann · Wendy Bryn Harmer Jonas Kaufmann · Hans-Peter König · Waltraud Meier · Jay Hunter Morris · Eric Owens Iain Peterson · Franz-Josef Selig · Gerhard Siegel · Bryn Terfel · Deborah Voigt Eva-Maria Westbroek - The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus James Levine · Fabio Luisi Directed by Robert Lepage Also included is Wagner's Dream, a frank and revealing documentary about the five-year making of the Met's new Ring that has already been acclaimed as "simply the best documentary about the Met ever made" (Film Journal), "a must-see for any creative soul" (Cinespect) and "destined to be one of the classic documentaries about opera". Review The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history. A unique and exclusive package, on multi-Blu-Ray set, of the most successful Ring Cycle production of the 21th century. Filmed at the world-famous Metropolitan Opera House in New York, in high definition the award winning Robert Lepage production. Featuring Bryn Terfel as Wotan universally recognized as the finest Bass-Baritone and Wotan of his generation. Also starring Deborah Voigt as Brunnhilde, and Star Tenor Jonas Kaufmann as Siegmund. The ultimate product to launch Universal Classics significant and substantial celebration of the Wagner Anniversary Year (1813 to 2013). This award-winning and ground-breaking production has been seen by over 150,000 people at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and subsequently by a remarkable 800,000 people in cinemas and movie-theatres around the globe. Screenings have taken place in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, The UK and the US. Features some of the most remarkable and memorable music of all time including The Ride of the Valkyries and Siegfrieds Funeral March, as heard in countless Hollywood blockbusters and global TV commercials over the last forty years. This is The Lord Of the Rings of the classical music world action-packed, a unique story steeped in mystery, intrigue, death, heart-break and heroism. To coincide with this release, we are planning a 2 CD set and download Ring-Hits-package featuring of course the stars of this production: Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt and Jonas Kaufmann.