Wagner / by Charles Wood ; London Trust Cultural Productions presents in association with Hungarofilm & Magyar Televizio (Budapest) ; directed & edited by Tony Palmer ; produced by Alan Wright.
Edition:
Definitive ed.
Publisher:
Gonzo Multimedia,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
3 videodiscs (466 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Richard Burton ; Vanessa Redgrave ; Laurence Olivier ; John Gielgud ; Ralph Richardson ; Gemma Craven ; Marthe Keller ; Miguel Herz-Kestranek ; Ekkehard Schall ; John Shrapnel ; Lisa Kreuzer ; Ronald Pickup ; William Walton ; Franco Nero ; László Gálffi ; The London Philharmonic ; The Budapest Symphony ; The Vienna Philharmonic ; Georg Solti, conductor ; Andrew Cruickshank, narrator. Originally broadcast on television in 1983. Program notes in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese ([10] p.) inserted in container.
Summary:
Biographical drama of composer Richard Wagner. A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth. Wagner's radical musical and political ideas, his German nationalism and even his anti-Semitism are set in the context of his life and times.
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