Seven-DVD set of Wagner’s gargantuan Ring Cycle - the celebrated, critically-acclaimed production at the Royal Danish Opera, came to be known as the Copenhagen Ring. Striking, memorable and controversial staging by Kasper Bech Holten. The action, experienced as an extended flashback, presents Wagner’s epic as a family saga from a feminist perspective. The production is visually stunning, disturbing and at times explicit.
First release of one of the most successful Ring Cycles of recent years, which received acclaim from critics across the world: 'One Ring cycle I can recommend heartily - musically satisfying, dramatically engaging and full of memorable imagery' - Opera Now. 'Superbly acted, more than decently sung and executed with a technical bravura that puts recent London stagings to shame' - Sunday Times.
Richard Wagner
Der Ring des Nibelungen:
Das Rheingold
Johan Reuter (bass-baritone) – Wotan; Hans Lawaetz (baritone) – Donner; Johnny van Hal (tenor) – Froh; Michael Kristensen (tenor) – Loge; Stephen Milling (bass) – Fasolt; Christian Christiansen (bass) – Fafner; Sten Byriel (bass) – Alberich; Bengt-Ola Morgny (tenor) – Mime; Randi Stene (mezzo) – Fricka; Anne Margrethe Dahl (soprano) – Freia; Susanne Resmark (mezzo) – Erda; Djina Mai-Mai (soprano) – Woglinde; Ylva Kihlberg (soprano) – Wellgunde; Hanne Fischer (contralto) – Flosshilde; Iréne Theorin – Brünnhilde; Danny Olsen – Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Stig Andersen (tenor) – Siegmund; Gitta-Maria Sjöberg (soprano) – Sieglinde; James Johnson (bass) – Wotan; Iréne Theorin (soprano) – Brünnhilde; Stephen Milling (bass) – Hunding; Randi Stene (mezzo) – Fricka; Emma Vetter (soprano) – Helmwige; Ylva Kihlberg (soprano) – Gerhilde; Carolina Sandgren (soprano) – Ortlinde; Hanne Fischer (mezzo) – Waltraute; Anna Rydberg (mezzo) – Siegrune; Elisabeth Jansson (contralto) – Rossweisse; Elisabeth Halling (contralto) – Grimgerde; Ulla Kudsk Jensen (contralto) - Schwertleite
Siegfried
Stig Andersen (tenor) – Siegfried; Bengt-Ola Morgny (tenor) – Mime; James Johnson (bass) – Der Wanderer; Sten Byriel (bass) – Alberich; Christian Christiansen (bass) – Fafner; Susanne Resmark (mezzo) – Erda; Iréne Theorin (soprano) – Brünnhilde; Gisela Stille (soprano) - Waldvogel
Götterdämmerung
Stig Andersen (tenor) – Siegfried; Guido Paevatalu (baritone) – Gunther; Peter Klaveness (bass) – Hagen; Sten Byriel (bass) – Alberich; Iréne Theorin (soprano) – Brünnhilde; Ylva Kihlberg (soprano) – Gutrune; Anette Bod (mezzo) – Waltraute; Susanne Resmark (mezzo) – 1st Norn; Hanne Fischer (mezzo) – 2nd Norn; Anne Margrethe Dahl (soprano) – 3rd Norn; Djina Mai-Mai (soprano) – Woglinde; Elisabeth Meyer-Topsøe (soprano) – Wellgunde; Ulla Kudsk Jensen (contralto) – Flosshilde
Royal Danish Opera Chorus (Götterdämmerung) and Orchestra/Michael Schønwandt
Production by Kasper Bech Holten; Set and Costume Designers: Marie í Dali and Steffen Aarfing; Lighting Designer: Jesper Kongshaug; Dramaturgy: Henrik Engelbrecht
Director: Kasper Bech Holten
Director of Photography: Uffe Borgwardt; Producer: Peter Borgwardt
rec. live, Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, May 2006
Bonus Feature: HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark meets Kasper Bech Holten
Picture Format: 16:9; Anamorphic Widescreen; Sound LPCM Stereo; DTS 5.1 Surround
DECCA 074 3264 [7 DVDs: 920:00 + Bonus: 36:00]
Audio: DTS & Dolby Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Region: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Subtitles: English French German Spanish Chinese Dutch
