Richard Wagner

Nikolaus Lehnhoff takes Wagner's PARSIFAL and delivers a fantastic version of this incredible piece. With Matti Salminen, Christopher Ventris, and Waltraud Meier in lead roles, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Festspielchor Baden-Baden ...

This elegant, evocative, and powerful production of one of Wagner's most beautiful operas, performed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus under the baton of Daniel Barenboim in 1983, features Rene Kollo as Tristan and Johanna Meier as Isolde, with ...

Wagner's DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER ("The Flying Dutchman") is rendered in magnificent style here. Matti Salminen is well known for his interpretations of Wagner's works, and returns here to take on the role of Daland. Joined by a stellar cast, ...

Featuring Renee Pape, Karita Mattila, and Ben Heppner in lead roles, this version of Richard Wagner's DIE MEISTERSINGER summons up an impressive atmosphere which is truly in keeping with the original spirit of the production. Ben Heppner, Karita ...

Beautifully interpreted by talented opera singers Ben Heppner and Jane Eaglen amongst others, this performance of Richard Wagner's "Tristan Und Isolde" is highly moving. Recorded in 1999, the opera gained plaudits far and wide, and was considered ...

Giorgio Tozzi, Toni Blankenheim, and Richard Cassilly star in this Hamburg State Opera production of the Wagner opera conducted by Leopold Ludwig.

This 2004 performance of the introductory passage to Wagner's immense DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN was shot at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Falk Struckmann, Gunter Von Kannen, and Graham Clark star, offering some impressive performances ...

An introduction and overview of the life and works of famed operatic composer Richard Wagner. Features excerpts performed by the Elysian Ensemble. Wagner is considered one of the greatest of the late 19th century operatic composers. Using ...

Patrice Chereau's Centenary production of Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD (part of the Der Ring Des Nibelungen, or "Ring of the Century") with music by the Bayreuther Festspiele conducted by Pierre Boulez. Brilliantly filmed at the Bayreuther Festival ...

Wagner's GOTTERDAMMERUNG is brought to the stage by a cast featuring Wolfgang Schmidt and Deborah Plaski on this recording. James Levine conducts the Orchester der Bayreuther Festpiele throughout. Wolfgang Schmidt, Deborah Polaski, Eric Halfvarson, ...

This box set includes all four parts of Richard Wagner's famous "Ring Cycle"--DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN (THE RING OF THE NIBELUNGS)--as overseen by conductor Pierre Boulez in his controversial staging at Bayreuth in 1980. DAS RHEINGOLD: Director ...

Patrice Chereau's Centenary production of Wagner's DIE WALKURE (part of the Der Ring Des Nibelungen, or "Ring of the Century") with music by the Bayreuther Festspiele conducted by Pierre Boulez. Brilliantly filmed at the Bayreuther Festival ...

One of the most passionate, profoundly moving and thrilling recordings ever made of this, the second opera from Wagner's cycle "Der Ring Des Nebelungen" this production of DIE WALKURE is conducted by the legendary James Levine. Performed at ...

Patrice Chereau's Centenary production of Wagner's GOTTERDÄMMERUNG (part of the Der Ring Des Nibelungen, or "Ring of the Century") with music by the Bayreuther Festspiele conducted by Pierre Boulez. Brilliantly filmed at the Bayreuther Festival ...

Die Walküre is the second part of Richard Wagner's gargantuan tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen, concerning the irreconcilable struggle between Power and Love.

DAS RHEINGOLD, the thrilling first opera of Wagner's epic Ring Cycle, tells the story of the forging of the ring of power (the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's RING TRILOGY). The opera is a tale of gods and giants, magic and prophecy, dwarves ...

German opera master Richard Wagner was known his melodrama and grandeur. A figure whose works and persona were larger than life, Wagner remains one of the most significant figures in the history of opera. This performance of his romantic opera, ...

Richard Wagner's classic opera is presented outdoors in the courtyard of Finland's Olavinlinna Castle. The story of The Flying Dutchman a sea captain who is cursed to sail the seas for eternity and the love he shares with Senta the daughter ...