Description |
2 videodiscs (241 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC, Region 0 (worldwide); full screen (4:3) presentation; DTS 5.1, Dolby digital 5.0, PCM Stereo sound. |
Performer |
Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; James Morris (Wotan) ; Jessye Norman (Sieglinde) ; Christa Ludwig (Fricka) ; Gary Lakes (Siegmund) ; Kurt Moll (Hunding) ; Katarina Ikonomu (Helmwige) ; Marth Thigpen (Ortlinde) ; Pyramid Sellers (Gerhilde) ; Joyce Castle (Waltraute) ; Diane Kesling (Siegrune) ; Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) ; Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde) ; Sondra Kelly (Schwertleite) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor. |
Credits |
Set and projection designer, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; costume designer, Rolf Langenfass ; lighting designer, Gil Wechsler. |
Event |
Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, and broadcast by Metropolitan Opera Television in 1990. |
Note |
Program notes and synopsis in English, French, and German (23 p.) inserted in container. |
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Bonus features: picture gallery ("Die Walküre" at the Met), trailer. |
Summary |
This second segment of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, First day : the Valkyries, focuses on the lives of Siegmund and Sieglinde, children of Wotan and Erde. |
Language |
Sung in German; optional subtitles in Chinese, English, French, German, or Spanish. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Operas.
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Genre/Form |
Filmed operas.
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Nonfiction films.
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Added Author |
Schenk, Otto. Producer.
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Large, Brian. Director.
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Behrens, Hildegard. voc
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Morris, James, 1947- voc
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Norman, Jessye. voc
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Ludwig, Christa. voc
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Lakes, Gary. voc
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Moll, Kurt, 1938-2017. voc
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Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra.
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Metropolitan Opera Television (Firm)
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Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
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Standard No. |
044007304990 |
Music No. |
073 049-9 Deutsche Grammophon |
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