Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera

Complete Ring Cycle

Starring: Siegfried Jerusalem, Hildegard Behrens, James Morris (IX), Heinz Zednik, Birgitta Svendén

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990, DVD

Product Details

Title: Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Complete Ring Cycle)
Sales Rank: 8365 in Music
Actor: Siegfried Jerusalem, Hildegard Behrens, James Morris (IX), Heinz Zednik, Birgitta Svendén
Director: Brian Large
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon, 2002-11-12, Theatrical Release: 1990
Format: Box set, Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: German (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region Code: 1
Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.5 x 2.5 inches, 1.55 pounds

Customer Reviews

The best of Wagner: I RECOMMENDING THIS EDITION OF WAGNER'S MUSIC -Wagner: Complete Operas
Label: Membran / Documents Catalog #: 223053
Composer: Richard Wagner
Performer: Franz Klarwein, Luise Willer, Viorica Ursuleac, Georg Hann, Hans Hotter,
Karl Ostertag, August Seider, Karl Paul, Margarete Bäumer, Marianne Schech,
Otto von Rohr, Benno Kusche, Eleanor Steber, Josef… More reviews

Wagner's Ring on DVD: Excellent presentations. Excellent purchase process. Delivery was within 2 or 3 days of transaction.… More reviews

Epic performance: This is an epic performance of the most epic of operas. The Met brings all of its awesome technical capabilities to bear in creating a splendid, if traditional, visual presentation, very nearly matched by sumptuous and passionate vocal and theatrical performances. James Morris is one of the best Wotans of the past generation. Siegfried Jerusalem is a thrilling Siegfried (and a surprisingly good Loge). Hildegarde Behrens… More reviews

Overall, the best "Ring" out there: As a veteran of 25+ live "Ring" cycles, this Met production remains my favorite. Reviewers giving this production 3 stars have evidently not suffered through such "Ring" abominations as those recently done in Vienna and Stuttgart, or the godawful Kirov "Ring" at the Met this summer.
Siegfried Jerusalem is a fantastic Siegfried, warm, likeable(which is difficult), nuanced, I could go on and on. It is hard… More reviews

Good enough, I'd say: This Ring Cycle does *not* deserve three-and-a-half stars, so I'm trying to up the average--I'd prefer to give it four-and-a-half, but there we go.
There are minor quibbles which have been mentioned: no horses, the fact that the twins aren't very, well, twin-like--they're all true, but not enough to take a star off, that's for sure. All the… More reviews