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Richard Wagner - Die Walkure - The Metropolitan Opera cond. James Levine (2002) [2DVD] {Deutsche Grammophon}

Posted By: ruskaval

Date: 5 Nov 2014 02:44:38

Richard Wagner - Die Walkure - The Metropolitan Opera cond. James Levine (2002) [2DVD] {Deutsche Grammophon}
2xDVD -> 11.1 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | ~ 241 min | Deutsch LPCM, 2 ch / Dolby AC3, 6 ch / DTS, 5 ch | ISO Images
Subs: Deutsch, English, Francais, Espanol, Chinese
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 156 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1991, 2002 Deutsche Grammophon | 073 049-9
Classical / Opera

The 1990 Metropolitan Opera performance of Die Walkure ("The Valkyrie") with James Levine conducting is a solid, four-square performance with few frills and no gimmicks, just extraordinarily fine singing and orchestral playing. There is no point in this where you find yourself asking why the director did something: this is the sort of production which could be criticised as unimaginative but defended as serving Wagner's intentions for this instalment of his Ring cycle. Levine and his orchestra give the music an emotional intensity that never overwhelms its grandeur, though perhaps in Wotan's farewell to Brunnhilde, we feel him more as father than as god.

James Morris as Wotan has real stature, making us feel that he has finally created the free agents he needs to avoid the curse he has unleashed on the world, but he has broken his heart in the process. Jessye Norman is surprisingly good and erotically self-assured as Sieglinde; the Act 1 love duet with Gary Lake as Siegmund has an ardour that makes the incestuous aspect less a matter of perversity than of the conduct of heroes. Kurt Moll makes Sieglinde's rapist and husband Hunding, a three-dimensional sinister villain; and Christa Ludwig almost manages to sell us Fricka's interminable paean to family values. The most impressive performance here, though, is Hildegard Behrens as Brunnhilde, the steely godling who sacrifices everything because she learns to feel and to know what is right.

On the DVD Die Walkure on disc comes with menus and subtitles in German, French, English, Spanish and Chinese and with a picture gallery of the production. Awkwardly it is presented in (American) NTSC format not PAL, with a visual aspect of standard TV 4:3. More impressive is the choice of PCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 6.1; the sound is admirably clear and well-balanced.

Deutsche Grammophon INFO

Personnel:
Conductor: James Levine
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Stage director: Otto Schenk

Siegmund Gary Lakes
Sieglinde Jessye Norman
Wotan James Morris
Brünnhilde Hildegard Behrens
Hunding Kurt Moll
Fricka Christa Ludwig
Gerhilde Pyramid Sellers
Ortlinde Martha Thigpen
Waltraute Joyce Castle
Schwertleite Sondra Kelly
Helmwige Katarina Ikonomu
Siegrune Diane Kesling
Grimgerde Wendy Hillhouse
Rossweisse Jacalyn Bower

Recorded in April, 1989

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