| Description |
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Series |
The Metropolitan Opera HD live |
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Metropolitan Opera HD live.
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| Contents |
Wagner's dream -- Imagining a new Ring -- Building the machine -- Convincing the crew -- Rolling out the machine -- Brünnhilde -- Solving problems -- Das Rheingold: opening night -- Die Walküre: Hojotoho! -- Uncharted territory -- A new Siegfried arrives -- Götterdämmerung: discovery -- The pinnacle moment |
| Summary |
"Takes you deep into the artistic and musical challenges of the epic Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner. Visionary director Robert Lepage begins a five-year journey to create the most ambitious staging in Metropolitan Opera history, featuring a 90,000 pound set ("The Machine") conceived to meet Wagner's immense theatrical demands. The film follows heroic singers from rehearsals to performance as they take on many of the most daunting roles in opera"--Container |
| Notes |
Subtitle and series from container |
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Booklet containing A conversation with the film makers in English (16 p. : ill.) inserted in container |
| Credits |
Editor, Bob Eisenhardt ; sound, Roger Phenix ; camera, Don Lenzer ; DVD producer, Harald Gericke |
| Performer |
Featuring Robert Lepage, Deborah Voigt, Jay Hunter Morris, Peter Gelb, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, and the Metropolitan Opera |
| Notes |
DVD, NTSC, all region, widescreen (16:9); PCM stereo., DTS 5.1 |
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Dialogue in English; optional subtitles in English, German, French, Spanish, or Chinese. Vocal selections sung in German |
| Subject |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen.
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Opera -- Production and direction -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings.
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| Author |
Eisenhardt, Bob, film editor
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Froemke, Susan, producer, director
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Graves, Douglas, producer
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Lepage, Robert, 1957- singer
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Voigt, Deborah, singer
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Morris, Jay Hunter, singer
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Gelb, Peter, singer
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Levine, James, 1943- conductor
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Luisi, Fabio, conductor
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Lenzer, Don, videographer
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Ring des Nibelungen.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer
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Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
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