| Description |
2 videodiscs (DVD) (243 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
The Metropolitan Opera HD live |
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Metropolitan Opera HD live.
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| Summary |
The second opera in Wagner's Ring cycle, in which twins Siegmund and Sieglinde fall in love and are helped by the Valkyrie Brünnhilde |
| Notes |
Series from disc label |
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Libretto by the composer |
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"A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production." |
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Program notes by Paul Thomason, A conversation with Robert Lepage, and synopsis, all in English with German and French translations (20 p. : ports.) in container |
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Videodisc release of a 2011 television program |
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Extras (22 min.): Wagner's leitmotifs, backstage at the Met, interviews |
| Credits |
Camera, Miguel Armstrong ... [et al.] ; set designer, Carl Fillion ; costume designer, François St-Aubin ; lighting designer, Etienne Boucher ; DVD producer, Harald Gericke |
| Performer |
Hosts, Placido Domingo and Joyce DiDonato ; Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund) ; Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde) ; Hans-Peter König (Hunding ; Bryn Terfel (Wotan) ; Deborah Voigt (Brünhilde) ; Stephanie Blythe (Fricka) ; Kelly Cae Hogan (Gerhilde) ; Molly Fillmore (Helmwige) ; Marjorie Elinor Dix (Waltraute) ; Mary Philips (Schwertleite) ; Wendy Bryn Harmer (Ortlinde) ; Eve Gigliotti (Siegrune) ; Mary Ann McCormick (Grimgerde) ; Lindsay Ammann (Rossweiße) ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor |
| Event |
Broadcast May 14, 2011 |
| Notes |
DVD; sound formats: PCM stereo., DTS 5.1; picture format: NTSC, 16:9; region code 0 (worldwide) |
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Sung in German; subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Twins -- Drama.
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Valkyries (Norse mythology) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Romance television programs.
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German language television programs.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Lepage, Robert, 1957- producer
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Halvorson, Gary, director
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Terfel, Bryn, performer
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Kaufmann, Jonas, performer
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Westbroek, Eva-Maria, performer
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König, Hans-Peter, performer
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Voigt, Deborah, performer
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Hogan, Kelly Cae, performer
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Blythe, Stephanie, performer
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Harmer, Wendy Bryn, performer
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Fillmore, Molly, performer
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Dix, Marjorie Elinor, performer
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Phillips, Mary (Mezzo-soprano), performer
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Gigliotti, Eve, performer
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McCormick, Mary Ann, performer
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Ammann, Lindsay, performer
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Levine, James, 1943- conductor
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Fillion, Carl, set designer
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St-Aubin, François, costume designer
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Boucher, Etienne, lighting designer
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- host
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DiDonato, Joyce, host
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre.
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Briccetti, Louisa.
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Warivonchik, Victoria.
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Thomason, Paul.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
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Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
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