Wagner's dream : [the making of the Metropolitan Opera's new Der Ring des Nibelungen] / a film by Bob Eisenhardt & Susan Froemke ; a Susan Froemke production ; produced by Susan Froemke & Douglas Graves ; directed by Susan Froemke.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/​Created
Berlin : Deutsche Grammophon, ©2012.
Description
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).

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    Subject(s)
    Performer
    Film editor
    Producer
    Director
    Singer
    Conductor
    Videographer
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Series
    Medium/​Support
    • plastic rdamat http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAMaterial/1029
    • 4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    "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.
    • Booklet containing A conversation with the film makers in English (16 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Editor, Bob Eisenhardt ; sound, Roger Phenix ; camera, Don Lenzer ; DVD producer, Harald Gericke.
    System details
    DVD, NTSC, all region, widescreen (16:9); PCM stereo., DTS 5.1.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Featuring Robert Lepage, Deborah Voigt, Jay Hunter Morris, Peter Gelb, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, and the Metropolitan Opera.
    Language note
    Dialogue in English; optional subtitles in English, German, French, Spanish, or Chinese. Vocal selections sung in German.
    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.
    Publisher no.
    • 073 4840
    • 00440 073 4840
    • 00440 073 4770
    OCLC
    809908232
    Universal Product Code
    • 044007348406
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