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Klasien 08:45 am UTC 09/06/12 |
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re: Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen - Roberto 09:30 pm UTC 09/05/12 |
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Thanks!!!
I think I'll still get my hands on this... let the man make up his own mind...
-K-
> I saw this production at the movies. I had mixed feelings.
> Some of the production was gorgeous, some quite lame.
> Especially the ending of Götterdämmerung was a
> disappointment.
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> My favorite part was Die Walküre. However, this has more
> to do with music than Lepage's production. Jonas Kaufmann
> and Eva-Maria Westbroek were amazing as Siegmund and
> Sieglinde. And so were Hans-Peter König and Stephanie
> Blythe as Hunding and Fricka. These four were the best
> singers of this Ring. König also sang the roles of Fafner
> and Hagen.
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> Bryn Terfel was an ok Wotan, not more than that. I think
> he will grow into the role. The same could be said about
> Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried. I wasn't crazy about
> Deborah Voigt's voice and acting in Brünnhilde's role.
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> One real problem was the change of the conductor in the
> middle of the cycle. I think James Levine is one of the
> greatest Wagner conductors of his generation though a lot
> of people think he's much too slow. He's had lots of
> health problems recently so he wasn't able to conduct
> Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. They were conducted by
> Fabio Luisi who is ok but not a really great Wagner
> conductor.
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