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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0044007343401
Format: Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
Number Of Discs: 2
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: September 11, 2007
Running Time: 275 minutes
Sales Rank: 83693
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - AN IMAGINATIVE TWILIGHT THAT'S WORTH A VIEWING
When this production of Wagner's RING was introduced at the Bayreuth Festival it caused quite a stir. People really discussed it and debated it at every intermission and end of performance. Rosalie's sets and costumes were the main topic of discussion. People were not sure how to take them. Today, they don't seem all that controversial to me; in fact they seem tame compared to some of today's Euro Trash Abominations. In my humble opinion they are not my favorite but, they work. I've seen a ... Read More
Rating: - Wretched stereo sound
The DTS surround sound, which is pretty good, is nonetheless SYNTHESIZED, as the remastering credits on the last page of the booklet make perfectly clear. On the other hand, the PCM stereo soundtrack, which presumably served as the basis of the of the multichannel synthesis, sounds like it derived from a low-bitrate webcast (like MP3 or WMA running at 44 kbps) and is disgracefully bad from such a prestigious company and such a modern recording. The Barenboim ring (Warners) sounds better in stereo ... Read More
Rating: - Slow and stately, abstract and modern, a hybrid Wagner
As the world of the Gods comes crashing down at the end of Wagner's tetralogy, one should feel as if something has been lost with the end of the age of divinity and the advent of the human era. Certainly something momentous has occurred. While I was watching Deborah Polaski as Brunnhilde negotiate this 4 1/2 hour opera in the biggest pair of pants I've ever seen, reminding me of the Talking Head's David Byrne and his "Big Suit", I couldn't help thinking what a sense of relief she felt because the ... Read More
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