Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Barenboim

Das Rheingold
John Tomlinson (Wotan), Graham Clark (Loge), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Linda Finnie (Fricka), Matthias Hölle (Fasolt), Philip Kang (Fafner), Eva Johansson (Freia), Bodo Brinkmann (Donner), Kurt Schreibmayer (Froh), Helmut Pampuc (Mime), Birgitta Svendén (Erda), Hilde Leidland (Woglinde), Annette Küttenbaum (Wellgunde), Jane Turner (Flosshilde)
Die Walküre
Poul Elming (Siegmund), Nadine Secunde (Sieglinde), Matthias Hölle (Hunding), Anne Evans (Brünnhilde), John Tomlinson (Wotan), Linda Finnie (Fricka), Eva Johansson (Gerhilde), Ruth Floeren (Ortlinde), Shirley Close (Waltraute), Hitomi Katagiri (Schwertleite), Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Helmwige), Linda Finnie (Siegrune), Birgitta Svendén (Grimgerde), Hebe Dijkstra (Rossweisse)
Siegfried
Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), Anne Evans (Brünnhilde), Graham Clark (Mime), John Tomlinson (Der Wanderer), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Philip Kang (Fafner), Birgitta Svendén (Erda), Hilde Leidland (Waldvogel)
Götterdämmerung
Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), Anne Evans (Brünnhilde), Philip Kang (Hagen), Bodo Brinkmann (Gunther), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Gutrune), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute), Hilde Leidland (Woglinde), Annette Küttenbaum (Wellgunde), Jane Turner (Flosshilde), Birgitta Svendén (1. Norn), Linda Finnie (2. Norn), Uta Priew (3. Norn) Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Directed by Harry Kupfer, with designs by Hans Schavernoch. This legendary Bayreuth Festival production of Wagner’s 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', directed by Harry Kupfer, with designs by Hans Schavernoch, and conducted by Daniel Barenboim, is considered perhaps the finest video recording of these four operas ever made. For their innovative modernist staging, Kupfer and his team turned away from the work’s time of origin and located The Ring at a “road of history”, a meeting-place of past, present and future, which sets the scene for the story’s struggles of power and love. Barenboim’s authoritative yet highly responsive reading of the immense score and the extraordinary performances of the cast help to make this a truly memorable Ring. Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian (operas) - French, German, Spanish, Italian (bonus feature)

Price: $92.98