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Wagner's dream [digital videodisc] : 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.

Berlin : Deutsche Grammophon, [2012]

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen.

Opera -- Production and direction -- United States.

Metropolitan Opera HD live.

1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).

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.

"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.

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