Richard Wagner
87) Tannhauser
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Deutsch
Description
A remarkable evening by the Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele and the Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele.
88) Parsifal
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Deutsch
Description
This documentary about Wagner's Parsifal explores the history of the grail tradition and how it has been represented in various works, and details the background in which Wagner wrote his final opera.
89) Parsifal
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Deutsch
Description
An interpretation of Wagner's last opera of German and Christian mythology.
Pub. Date
[2001?][1980-1981]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Answering the call to adventure, Siegfried plunges into a world of false friends, deceit, betrayal and death. An herb potion and deception by Hagen, the evil dwarf's son, lead Siegfried to force Brunnhilde into marrying another man. Hagen ends Siegfried's ring-cursed life with a spear in the back. Siegfried's funeral pyre and Brunnhilde's immolation ignite the heavens and earth. The Gods' fate is sealed in the final conflagration and the world awaits...
Pub. Date
[2001?][1980-1981]
Language
Deutsch
Description
The crucible set for the Gods is heated when the forge begins to form the powerful ring in the underworld of Nibelheim. Wotan bargains with the Giants to build the glory of Valhalla and risks the Gods immortality. To appease the Giants and ensure eternal youth, Wotan steals the Rhinegold and the ring from the evil dwarf, Alberich and gives it to the Giants. In fury, Alberich bitterly spits forth the ring's unforgiving curse.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"One of the most acclaimed Wagner productions of the postwar period, this electrifying, revolutionary Bayreuth staging of 'The flying Dutchman" catapulted the German director Harry Kupfer to international fame. Kupfer's psychologically acute production presents the entire story as a hallucination, in which Senta's yearning for the eternally wandering Dutchman sends her into a trance-like state."
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