Der Ring des Nibelungen ; and, "Wagner's dream" : the making of The ring
Richard Wagner (Composer, Librettist), Robert Lepage (Producer, Interviewee), Gary Halvorson (Stage director), Bryn Terfel (Singer, Interviewee), Dwayne Croft (Singer), Adam Diegel (Singer), Richard Croft (Singer), Eric Owens (Singer, Interviewee), Gerhard Siegel (Singer, Interviewee), Franz-Josef Selig (Singer), Hans-Peter König (Singer), Stephanie Blythe (Singer, Interviewee), Wendy Bryn Harmer (Singer, Interviewee), Patricia Bardon (Singer), Lisette Oropesa (Singer), Jennifer Johnson Cano (Singer), Tamara Mumford (Singer), Jonas Kaufmann (Singer, Interviewee), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Singer, Interviewee), Deborah Voigt (Singer, Interviewer, Interviewee), Kelly Cae Hogan (Singer), Molly Fillmore (Singer), Marjorie Elinor Dix (Singer), Mary Phillips (Singer), Eve Gigliotti (Singer), Mary Ann McCormick (Singer), Lindsay Ammann (Singer), Jay Hunter Morris (Singer, Interviewee), Mojca Erdmann (Singer, Interviewee), Waltraud Meier (Singer, Interviewee), Iain Paterson (Singer, Interviewee), Maria Radner (Singer), Elizabeth Bishop (Singer), Heidi Melton (Singer), Erin Morley (Singer), Bob Eisenhardt, Susan Froemke, Douglas Graves, James Levine (Conductor), Fabio Luisi (Conductor, Interviewee), Carl Fillion (Production designer), François St-Aubin (Costume designer), Etienne Boucher (Lighting designer), Renée Fleming (Interviewer), Patricia Racette (Interviewer), Joyce DiDonato (Interviewer), John Sellars (Interviewee), Plácido Domingo (Interviewer), Mary Joanne Renner Heath (Interviewer)
Wagner's dream: "Wagner's dream 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. Soprano Deborah Voigt is torn between excitement and fear as she prepares to play the warrior goddess Brünnhilde, while unexpected drama arises as a new tenor, Jay Hunter Morris, steps in as the Ring's hero, Siegfried, days before the production's world premiere. An intimate look at the challenges of live theater and the risks that must be taken, the film chronicles the tremendous creativity and unflagging determination behind this daring attempt to realize Wagner's dream of a perfect Ring."--Container
DVD Video, German, 2012
Deutsche Grammophon, Berlin, 2012