Der Ring des Nibelungen : ein Bühnenfestspiel für drei Tage und einen Vorabend. Vorabend, Das Rheingold /

With a contemporary feel, this unique production casts Wotan as a coolly calculating businessman, with his wife a director on the board.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Corporate Authors:	Staatsoper Stuttgart (Performer), Südwestrundfunk (Germany), EuroArts Entertainment, TDK Mediactive (Firm)
Other Authors:	Schicking, Dieter, Darvas, János, Fricke, Thorsten, Schlömer, Joachim, Zagrosek, Lothar, 1942- (Conductor), Probst, Wolfgang (Performer), Kastón, Motti (Performer), Schneider, Bernhard, 1967- (Performer), Künzli, Robert (Performer), Ruuttunen, Esa (Performer), Lorenz, Eberhard (Performer), Ens, Phillip (Performer), Bracht, Roland (Performer), Schuster, Michaela (Performer), Helga Rós Indridadóttir (Performer), Ejsing, Mette (Performer), Smith, Catriona, 1963- (Performer), Ullrich, Maria Theresa (Performer), Joswig, Margarete (Performer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	German
Language Notes:	Sung in German, with optional subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Published:	[Ratingen, Germany] : TDK, [2003]
Subjects:	Gold > Drama. Love > Drama. Operas. Music > Performance > Videodisc. Filmed operas.

Description
Summary:	With a contemporary feel, this unique production casts Wotan as a coolly calculating businessman, with his wife a director on the board.
Item Description:	"EuroArts." "SWR>>." Aspect ratio 16:9; enhanced for widescreeen TVs. Accompanying booklet with program notes and synopsis in English in container. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Format:	DVD-9; Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, and PCM stereo.
Production Credits:	Directed for the stage by Joachim Schlömer ; stage design and costumes, Jens Kilian ; lighting design, David Finn ; directed for TV by János Darvas and Thorsten Fricke ; produced by Dieter Schicking.