Twilight Of The Gods - Wagner Highlights from Der Ring des Nibelungen / Blythe, Kaufmann, Morris, Terfel, Voigt et al. / MET, Levine

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Album Summary

Performers

• Patricia Bardon (Mezzo Soprano)
• Richard Croft
• Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor)
• Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano)
• Deborah Voigt (Soprano)
• Mary McCormick (Mezzo Soprano)
• Waltraud Meier (Mezzo Soprano)
• Marjorie Dix
• Eve Gigliotti (Soprano)
• Mary Phillips (Mezzo Soprano)
• Kelly Hogan
• Wendy Harmer
• Molly Fillmore
• Lindsay Ammann
• Jay Morris (Voice)
• Mojca Erdmann (Soprano)
• Hans-Peter Konig
• Iain Paterson (Bass)
• Tamara Mumford (Mezzo Soprano)
• Eric Owens (Bass Baritone)
• Erin Morley
• Lisette Oropesa
• Jennifer Cano
• Stephanie Blythe (Mezzo Soprano)
• Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Gerhard Siegel (Tenor)
• Adam Diegel (Tenor)
• Dwayne Croft (Baritone)

Conductors

• Levine, James
• Luisi, Fabio

Ensembles

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• Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Composer

• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)

Notes & Reviews:

The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history

A unique and exclusive package, on multi-set DVD and Blu-Ray, of the most successful Ring Cycle production of the 21th century

Filmed at the world-famous Metropolitan Opera House in New York, in high definition - the award winning Robert Lepage production.

Featuring Bryn Terfel as "Wotan" - universally recognized as the finest Bass-baritone - and "Wotan" - of his generation

Also starring Deborah Voigt as "Brunnhilde", and Star Tenor Jonas Kaufmann as "Siegmund"

This award-winning and ground-breaking production has been seen by over 150,000 people at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and subsequently by a remarkable 800,000 people in cinemas and movie-theaters around the globe

Screenings have taken place in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, The UK and the US.

The Guardian, September 2012
The bleeding chunks, two operas to a disc, are more or less predictable...but there are tracks to treasure. Bryn Terfel's singing of Wotan's Farewell and his account of the Wanderer's Dir Unweisen Ruf'ich Ins Ohr are moving; Hans-Peter König gives a black, implacable account of Hagen's Watch, while the easy fluency and almost baritonal richness of Jonas Kaufmann's Siegmund [is] a joy.

International Record Review, December 2012
Terfel is the finest Wotan before the public today...Blythe's brief appearances as Fricka find her in superb voice...Kaufmann is extraordinary as Siegmund; the velvety-chocolate depths of his baritonal-tenor and his aristocratic phrasing...[are] worth the cost of the set alone...Voigt is not the loudest Brunnhilde on record but sounds girlish in Walkure and is note-accurate, although sometimes a little pinched at the top of her range.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Metropolitan Opera (2010-2012).

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Wagner, Richard : Das Rheingold :: Wotan, Gemahl, erwache!... Vollendet das ewige Werk

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Wagner, Richard : Das Rheingold :: Descent into Nibelheim. Ihr andern harrt bis Abend hier

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Wagner, Richard : Das Rheingold :: Alberich's Curse. Bin ich nun frei?

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Wagner, Richard : Das Rheingold :: Erda's Warning. Weiche, Wotan, weiche!

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Wagner, Richard : Das Rheingold :: Donner Summons the Mists - Wotan Greets Valhalla - Entry of the Gods into Valhalla. H

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Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Siegmund's Spring Song and Love Duet. Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnenmond

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Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Brünnhilde's Battle Cry. Nun zäume dein Ross . . . Hojotoho!

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Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen Göttern

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Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Wotan's Farewell. In festen Schlaf

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Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Nun sing! Ich lausche dem Gesang

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