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This production of Wagner's Die Walkure, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and staged during the inaugural season of the Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix in July 2007 was also performed at the Salzburg Easter Festival earlier this year. The cast of this new DVD/Blu-ray includes Sir Willard White, Robert Gambill, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Eva Johansson, Lilli Paasikivi and Mikhail Petrenko and the 24-page booklet includes an interview with Sir Simon Rattle in French, German and English.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I AM A WAGNER FAN, MAYBE FANATIC SO AS WOTAN IN DIE WALKURE IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER I BOUGHT THIS WITH SOME TREPIDATION, MY STANDARDS ARE HIGH. I HAD ONLY HEARD Willard White in Porgy and Bess, Wagner was a completly different kettle of fish, and I had been used to hearing such legendary Wotan's as George London, Hans Hotter etc. From the first few notes I was opened mouthed as they say, to check my first reaction I played Wotan's farewell here was my perfect Wotan, not only from his glorious singing but he acted the part just as well here was all the pathos, saddness. What a performance.
The rest of the singing was great as well, the whole performane was mesmerising. Yes I agree that Hunding was a little young, but that's nit-picking. It left me frustrated that Whillard White had only done Die Walkure how I longed to see and hear him in Rhinegold and Siegfried. But this is without dout my favourite Die Walkure.
So if you are a Wagner fan this is essensial listening Daniel Barenboim - Wagner - Tristan und Isolde [DVD] [2007]
I cannot recommend this too highly
The rest of the singing was great as well, the whole performane was mesmerising. Yes I agree that Hunding was a little young, but that's nit-picking. It left me frustrated that Whillard White had only done Die Walkure how I longed to see and hear him in Rhinegold and Siegfried. But this is without dout my favourite Die Walkure.
So if you are a Wagner fan this is essensial listening Daniel Barenboim - Wagner - Tristan und Isolde [DVD] [2007]
I cannot recommend this too highly
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Very well done.
Still I am looking for a more traditional
production, however this was not disappointing at
all.
Still I am looking for a more traditional
production, however this was not disappointing at
all.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
5.0 out of 5 stars A DREAM WOTAN, 6 Sep 2009
By Mrs. Therese Collins "Therese Collins" (Romford England) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
I AM A WAGNER FAN, MAYBE FANATIC SO AS WOTAN IN DIE WALKURE IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER I BOUGHT THIS WITH SOME TREPIDATION, MY STANDARDS ARE HIGH. I HAD ONLY HEARD Willard White in Porgy and Bess, Wagner was a completly different kettle of fish, and I had been used to hearing such legendary Wotan's as George London, Hans Hotter etc. From the first few notes I was opened mouthed as they say, to check my first reaction I played Wotan's farewell here was my perfect Wotan, not only from his glorious singing but he acted the part just as well here was all the pathos, saddness. What a performance.
The rest of the singing was great as well, the whole performane was mesmerising. Yes I agree that Hunding was a little young, but that's nit-picking. It left me frustrated that Whillard White had only done Die Walkure how I longed to see and hear him in Rhinegold and Siegfried. But this is without dout my favourite Die Walkure.
So if you are a Wagner fan this is essensial listening Daniel Barenboim - Wagner - Tristan und Isolde [DVD] [2007]
I cannot recommend this too highly Richard Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen [DVD] [2007]
By Mrs. Therese Collins "Therese Collins" (Romford England) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
I AM A WAGNER FAN, MAYBE FANATIC SO AS WOTAN IN DIE WALKURE IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER I BOUGHT THIS WITH SOME TREPIDATION, MY STANDARDS ARE HIGH. I HAD ONLY HEARD Willard White in Porgy and Bess, Wagner was a completly different kettle of fish, and I had been used to hearing such legendary Wotan's as George London, Hans Hotter etc. From the first few notes I was opened mouthed as they say, to check my first reaction I played Wotan's farewell here was my perfect Wotan, not only from his glorious singing but he acted the part just as well here was all the pathos, saddness. What a performance.
The rest of the singing was great as well, the whole performane was mesmerising. Yes I agree that Hunding was a little young, but that's nit-picking. It left me frustrated that Whillard White had only done Die Walkure how I longed to see and hear him in Rhinegold and Siegfried. But this is without dout my favourite Die Walkure.
So if you are a Wagner fan this is essensial listening Daniel Barenboim - Wagner - Tristan und Isolde [DVD] [2007]
I cannot recommend this too highly Richard Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen [DVD] [2007]
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No fire at all, magic or otherwise
This Blu-Ray film of Rattle's 2007 Walkure can be summed up in 3 words-dull, dull and dull.
The recording is superb-sound and vision-but there it ends. Read more
The recording is superb-sound and vision-but there it ends. Read more
Published 19 months ago by D. S. CROWE
Decent performance, but breaks in the middle of Act 2
The singing is generally pretty good, although not consistently at the top level. Rattle and the BPO sound fantastic. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Inner City Resident
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