Yes same here! Even if it's just a horse's head on a stick to represent it it's better than nothing- a key line is 'Grane, mein Ross.' And if there's no horse there it just makes Brunnhilde look mad.
I might add that the set is picture perfect in technical terms aswell. 16:9 image with great sharpness, colour, contrast. And on top the marvelous Bayreuth sound avaibable in high quality PCM stereo and real 5.1 and DTS sound ( REAL 5.1 and DTS sound recorded properly not the upsampled digital bogus we sometimes have to endure ).
To me this is indeed the definitive Ring avaiable on DVD - that is until something really mindblowing happens in the future. I even like it better then the Cherau \ Boulez Ring for various reasons. The cast is ultimatly great; maybe not the typical choices but complete and homogenous as a truly concincing group of singing actors. Same and more could be said about what happens in the mythical pit. Belongs into every collection in my opinion.
And at Nice, Paris and elsewhere, but originally for the Welsh National Opera, conducted by Sir Reginald Goodall. Like most British Wagnerians from Jon Vickers (okay. British Commonwealth) to Rita Hunter, she studied the roles with Goodall -- unpleasant guy, but brilliant teacher.
saitbey could you possibly post the last 3 minutes too? i'd imagine it to be the visually most interesting part - maybe it is not so in this production, but it would be good to see it many thanks
I like the cold, sparse staging. But the black-leather duster jackets and sunglasses? Horrible. Why is she asking for her "steed" when it looks like she could pop out a cellphone and call a taxi?
That's not Wotan; it's Hagen. Even if it were, Wotan's spear was already broken, which is great imagery. The subtext to Valhalla burning, besides any juxtaposition, is that Wotan has taken the point of Gungnir, his broken spear, and plunged it into Loge's chest. Loge bursts into flames and finally gets to "destroy it all" like he felt like doing back in Das Rheingold.
@HuninMunin I'm also a fan of this ring (have the DVD), but the ending confuses me. maybe you could help me understand it. 1. Where's the horse? Are we that the horse will greet her in the fire? they could have at least given us a silhouette 2. what's up with the ppl that show up and watch TVs that pop up out of nowhere? and where the hell did the two little kids come from? Is it supposed to mean that B and S are reborn in the afterlife as blissful cherubs?
@NazTb0y Well concerning number 1 your guess is as good as mine - no idea. I'm pretty certain about number 2 though. In the very beginning of Das Rheingold of this ring ( even before the music starts ) we see a similar crowd of people standing together in a cloud of smoke. I always interpreted them as beeing survivors of a preceeding catastrophy, therefor making the tetralogy a ring ( circle ) in a literal sense.
@HuninMunin brilliant analysis... thanks a lot! 1. I guess B could be calling to Grane in the distance. No real harm done. 2. a very Nietzschean reading! reminds me of the Madman's speech in the Gay Science when he announces the death of god to a bunch of business men who have no idea the consequences of god's death... A time so dark that we don't even realize our own darkness--the world has entered into that. Yet even now there is hope...
Really! C'mon saitbey, we appreciate the post, but what is the Brunhilde immolation scene without the results of her sacrifice? She redeems the world, I hear. Can we see it please?
@TheVoiceOfReason93 I wouldn't bet on it...the director has not chosen to include a horse because he has distanced this production from the true imagery of the operas. I WANT A HORSE!
Which is why I personally would love to see the whole cycle be adapted into either an animated or live action series. Better than brief adaptation of Rhinegold by Operavox. The characters would all look like they’re from the works of Carl Emil Doepler, Franz Stassen, and Arthur Rackham. Neanderthal/Gorillaesque giants, Wotan and the Valkyries all in winged helmets, the female characters are all beautiful, even Erda and the Norns, Freia and the rhinemaidens will all be nymph like, a proper medieval dragon, and no horned helms. All Nordic in appearance.
@NazTb0y However they don't seem to realise the significance of the event ( decadently watching the world end on TV ) and are consequently doomed to start the cicle anew. Strangely enough Kupfer doesn't let it end on that pessimistic note though. The children are clearly part of that ( human ) crowd, dressed in the same decadent evening wardrobe. However they seem to have realised what just went down and detach themself from society to find a way out, thus ending on a note of hope for humanty.
@ophGR Please. look for ther RING BY LEVINE ( metropolitan) in my opinion, this is the best. If Wagner was there, for sure he will be very very happy!! On the contrary, if he was here, for sure he would blame the scene, the sunglass, the long trenchcoat! I bought this record, but never seen! ( if you wish I can send it to you!!) Can't stand such abuse! Musically is ok, but, is better not to watch!!
This is the best RING ever! Musically and visually...
Ending ending!!!! Such a masterpiece without it's ending part is truely a great pity.
The combinations of the motives are sooooooo amazing !!!
Bravo, Btavo, Bravo !!!!!!!! Frau Evans!
Yes same here! Even if it's just a horse's head on a stick to represent it it's better than nothing- a key line is 'Grane, mein Ross.' And if there's no horse there it just makes Brunnhilde look mad.
Oooo I love Loge's music so much!
I might add that the set is picture perfect in technical terms aswell. 16:9 image with great sharpness, colour, contrast.
And on top the marvelous Bayreuth sound avaibable in high quality PCM stereo and real 5.1 and DTS sound ( REAL 5.1 and DTS sound recorded properly not the upsampled digital bogus we sometimes have to endure ).
This is MAJESTIC
To me this is indeed the definitive Ring avaiable on DVD - that is until something really mindblowing happens in the future.
I even like it better then the Cherau \ Boulez Ring for various reasons. The cast is ultimatly great; maybe not the typical choices but complete and homogenous as a truly concincing group of singing actors. Same and more could be said about what happens in the mythical pit. Belongs into every collection in my opinion.
And at Nice, Paris and elsewhere, but originally for the Welsh National Opera, conducted by Sir Reginald Goodall. Like most British Wagnerians from Jon Vickers (okay. British Commonwealth) to Rita Hunter, she studied the roles with Goodall -- unpleasant guy, but brilliant teacher.
And then I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth. For the old Heaven and the old Earth had passed away
-Rev 21:1
Bugger, cuts off just before !Zuruck Vom Ring" and the wonderful ending - shame on you for not letting it run its course!!
The raincoats and sunglasses detract from the drama of the scene, IMHO. Plus the poor actors must be stifling on the stage wearing them.
It wasnt small. It was a lot 'brighter' sound than you normally heard in this role but it carried well over the orchestra
agree, best dramatic Ring ever
saitbey could you possibly post the last 3 minutes too? i'd imagine it to be the visually most interesting part - maybe it is not so in this production, but it would be good to see it
many thanks
Great video. Where's the ending? Doesn't make sense.
You'll notice that Grane at the beginning behind the funeral pyre just before the smoke goes up.
I like the cold, sparse staging.
But the black-leather duster jackets and sunglasses? Horrible. Why is she asking for her "steed" when it looks like she could pop out a cellphone and call a taxi?
That's not Wotan; it's Hagen. Even if it were, Wotan's spear was already broken, which is great imagery. The subtext to Valhalla burning, besides any juxtaposition, is that Wotan has taken the point of Gungnir, his broken spear, and plunged it into Loge's chest. Loge bursts into flames and finally gets to "destroy it all" like he felt like doing back in Das Rheingold.
@Waldvogel91 I think it is meant to be a spear. Wagner had a thing about spears- and viking helmets.
Genaue es das Brunnhilde ist mit uns aur der Erd! My name ist Woden and Ich bin der Herr dein Gott!
I CANT STOP LISTENING TO about 1:54 - 2:47 on repeat
GIGANTIC MUSICAL EARGASM OH MY GGGOOODDDDDDDDD
@HuninMunin I'm also a fan of this ring (have the DVD), but the ending confuses me. maybe you could help me understand it. 1. Where's the horse? Are we that the horse will greet her in the fire? they could have at least given us a silhouette 2. what's up with the ppl that show up and watch TVs that pop up out of nowhere? and where the hell did the two little kids come from? Is it supposed to mean that B and S are reborn in the afterlife as blissful cherubs?
Anne Evans, cantó Brunilda en el Sigfrido del teatro Colón 1997
Why did you cut before the ending !
@Bardolator38 It is the Copenhagen Production.
With her spear and magic hellllmut
In Hollywood's comic book version, Sinestro would fight the Rhine Maidens for possession of the Ring.
lo único estúpido fue no haber llegado al final de la ópera.... hacia donde los economistas suelen dormirse....
Why cut it off after 3.04 minutes? FAIL
Love Wagner. Hate those who can't edit a clip.
Brunhilde was a goddamn Targaryen.
@NazTb0y
Well concerning number 1 your guess is as good as mine - no idea.
I'm pretty certain about number 2 though.
In the very beginning of Das Rheingold of this ring ( even before the music starts ) we see a similar crowd of people standing together in a cloud of smoke.
I always interpreted them as beeing survivors of a preceeding catastrophy, therefor making the tetralogy a ring ( circle ) in a literal sense.
@HuninMunin brilliant analysis... thanks a lot! 1. I guess B could be calling to Grane in the distance. No real harm done. 2. a very Nietzschean reading! reminds me of the Madman's speech in the Gay Science when he announces the death of god to a bunch of business men who have no idea the consequences of god's death... A time so dark that we don't even realize our own darkness--the world has entered into that. Yet even now there is hope...
Really! C'mon saitbey, we appreciate the post, but what is the Brunhilde immolation scene without the results of her sacrifice? She redeems the world, I hear. Can we see it please?
if that sentence makes perfect sense when you switch both names, then yours is a purely subjective judgement.
@TheVoiceOfReason93 I wouldn't bet on it...the director has not chosen to include a horse because he has distanced this production from the true imagery of the operas. I WANT A HORSE!
Which is why I personally would love to see the whole cycle be adapted into either an animated or live action series. Better than brief adaptation of Rhinegold by Operavox. The characters would all look like they’re from the works of Carl Emil Doepler, Franz Stassen, and Arthur Rackham. Neanderthal/Gorillaesque giants, Wotan and the Valkyries all in winged helmets, the female characters are all beautiful, even Erda and the Norns, Freia and the rhinemaidens will all be nymph like, a proper medieval dragon, and no horned helms. All Nordic in appearance.
@Bardolator38 Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen, in May 2006
@Operaman41 She is one of the Walkyries!! Read the Libretto
@NazTb0y
However they don't seem to realise the significance of the event ( decadently watching the world end on TV ) and are consequently doomed to start the cicle anew. Strangely enough Kupfer doesn't let it end on that pessimistic note though. The children are clearly part of that ( human ) crowd, dressed in the same decadent evening wardrobe. However they seem to have realised what just went down and detach themself from society to find a way out, thus ending on a note of hope for humanty.
@Jaydoggy531: I think that was Hagen, not Wotan.
wow
@Operaman41 Fail, read the translation, apparently she was in love with Siegfried or something...
Is that Hagen or Morpheus from the Matrix? Brünnhilde and Hagen look like they could be a tag team in the WWE.
Ninna Stemme Brunnhilde this year in San Francisco
Grüße aus der Oberlausitz!
The set/costumes suck, but there is no going beyond this incredible music...it is the end...and the beginning!!!
She has a nice voice but it seems small.
@Waldvogel91
Maybe that's the whole point.
Where's the horse? ._.
Esto es amor
The Matrix opera??
@ophGR Please. look for ther RING BY LEVINE ( metropolitan) in my opinion, this is the best. If Wagner was there, for sure he will be very very happy!! On the contrary, if he was here, for sure he would blame the scene, the sunglass, the long trenchcoat! I bought this record, but never seen! ( if you wish I can send it to you!!) Can't stand such abuse! Musically is ok, but, is better not to watch!!
@Operaman41 Anne Evans
Certainly!!!
Anne Evans
Lets strip the magic/myth out of the Ring and make Brundhilde into a gang queen. Right.
Why is Wotan there?
Where's Grane?
@ophGR WHAT ARE YOU ON?
A smart Keynesian brought me here.
я вот непонимаю, зачем современные постановщики одевают их как клоунов, что они хотят этим сказать?
@Napoleontas yes, its sickening isnt' it. If Wagner was alive he'd punch out the festival director.
I think this ring is totally heavy...not interesting
@ophGR eeehhmmm, NO! it isn´t. thier damn accent spoils the performances! and there were better singers in the 50ies anyway.
matrix leather coats and sunglasses? o_O
why is it that 95% of wagner operas dress the actors up like b-movie rejects?
horrible the modern scenography
@Mrsdaibread AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ignoramus
terrible in every way
Would you kindly tell us why this production is idiotic?
ricoli, perche' volete ridicolizzare con quei brutti abiti moderni??!!
What is this European obsession with hideous, idiotic productions of great opera???
wow...