Wagner's dream : the making of the Metropolitan Opera's new Der Ring des Nibelungen / a film by Bob Eisenhardt & Susan Froemke ; produced by Susan Froemke & Douglas Graves ; directed by Susan Froemke ; a Susan Froemke production.
Title from container. Robert Lepage, Deborah Voigt, Jay Hunter Morris, Peter Gelb, James Levine, Fabio Luisi and the Metropolitan Opera. Booklet containing A conversation with the film makers in English (10 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
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 pinacle moment.
Summary:
"Wagner's dream 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 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.
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