Wagner: The 'copenhagen' Ring Cycle

Royal Danish Opera, Michael Schonwandt: Conductor
Artists: Anette Bod, Johnny Van Hal, Guido Paëvatalu, Djina Mai-Mai, Anne Margrethe Dahl, Bengt-Ola Morgny, Hans Lawaetz, Johan Reuter, Hanne Fischer, Emma Vetter, Stig Andersen, Elisabeth Halling, Elisabeth Jansson, Anna Rydberg, Ylva Kihlberg, Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Carolina Sandgren, Iréne Theorin, James Johnson, Randi Stene, Stephen Milling, Ulla Kudsk Jensen, Michael Kristensen, Sten Byriel, Christian Christiansen, Susanne Resmark, Peter Klaveness, Gisela Stille, Elisabeth Meyer-Topsoe

Das Rheingold; Die Walkure; Siegfried; Gotterdammerung

Gramophone Award Winner - DVD 2009
Gamophone DVD of the Month - April 2009
Kasper Bech Holten's spectacular Copenhagen production presents Wagner's epic Ring cycle as the drama of its heroine Brunnhilde. By setting each of the four operas in a pivotal decade of the twentieth century, her story becomes also a history of the modern age and of the ideologies and conflicts that tore it apart. A cast of outstanding singers, the Royal Danish Orchestra under Michael Schonwandt and the breathtaking technical facilities of the new Copenhagen Opera House combine to make this a staggering operatic event and a landmark staging of the Ring.
“A Ring to be reckoned with” Financial Times, London
“A remarkable company achievement” Opera
Seven-DVD set of Wagner’s gargantuan Ring Cycle – the celebrated, critically-acclaimed production at the Royal Danish Opera, come to be known as the Copenhagen Ring.
First release of one of the most successful Ring Cycles of recent years, which received acclaim from critics across the world: “One Ring cycle I can recommend heartily – musically satisfying, dramatically engaging and full of memorable imagery” (Opera Now) “superbly acted, more than decently sung and executed with a technical bravura that puts recent London stagings to shame” (Sunday Times)
Striking, memorable and controversial staging by Kasper Bech Holten. The action, experienced as an extended flashback, presents Wagner’s epic as a family saga from a feminist perspective. The production is visually stunning, disturbing and at times explicit.
A must-have release for the collections of all Wagnerians!

Price: $72.98