Harry Kupfer

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Harry Kupfer - what members say

Gotterdammerung review by A customer from England

Very good - but NOT Patrice Chereau! 16 November 2007
...This is actually the Harry Kupfer Bayreuth production, and not the Patrice Chereau 1976 one mentioned in the description. It's excellent in its own right, but ... not th... Read customer review

The Flying Dutchman - Wagner review by jrippon from Stafford

Great in parts; overall totally confusing 6 September 2010
...n stage for the whole production. Which brings us to the bad news. The Director Harry Kupfer decided to present the opera as though all of the action takes place in Senta’s... Read customer review

Das Rheingold - Wagner review by jrippon from Stafford

Great performance; inconsistent staging 31 January 2010
...e who is excellent as Loge . My reservations are with the staging. The director Harry Kupfer is obviously very clever indeed. Some of the scenery, effects and scene-changes... Read customer review

Das Rheingold - Wagner on DVD (2005)
Starring: Bertrand de Billy, Bertrand De Billy, Falk Struckmann
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In the prologue to Wagner's giant masterpiece, Der Ring des Nibelungen, the beginnings of an epic journey unfold when Alberich seizes the ring of gold, its awesome power unleashing an unstoppable story of deceit, destruction, death and transfiguring love. Filmed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu ..read more »

44% from 17 members

Die Walkure on DVD (1993)
Starring: John Tomlinson, Anne Evans, Siegfried Jerusalem
Director: Harry Kupfer
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The legendary production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, directed by Harry Kupfer at Bayreuth Festival Opera with designs by Hans Schavernoch, and conducted by Daniel Barenboim, is considered one of the greatest productions of this titanic work ever staged. For their innovative modernist ..read more »

74% from 25 members

Zimmerman: Die Soldaten on DVD (1991)
Starring: Nancy Shade, Mark Munkittrick, Stuttgart State Opera
Director: Harry Kupfer
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DIE SOLDATEN is a hugely important work in terms of the 20th century oeuvre, indeed, the Cologne Opera pronounced it impossible to perform and premiered a less convoluted version of Zimmermann's opera in 1965. It is performed in this instance by the Stuttgart Opera, with stage direction by Harry Kupfer.

49% from 42 members

Gotterdammerung on DVD (1976)
Starring: Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Fritz Hubner
Director: Harry Kupfer
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Patrice Chereau's Centenary production of Wagner's GOTTERDAMMERUNG (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 stage. Singers include Hermann Becht, Gwyneth Jones, and ..read more »

69% from 26 members

Siegfried - Wagner (2 discs) on DVD
Starring: Daniel Barenboim, Siegfried Jerusalem, Anne Evans
Director: Harry Kupfer
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An acclaimed performance of Wagner's opera 'Siegfried' that follows the story of Siegfried and the effect the ring's curse has on him. Filmed at the Bayreuth Festival Opera in 1991/2. Designs by Hans Schavernoch and conducted by Daniel Barenboim.

74% from 36 members

Wagner - Das Rheingold
Starring: John Tomlinson, Linda Finnie, Graham Clark
Director: Harry Kupfer
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This release marks part two of the Harry Kupfer/Daniel Barenboim Bayreuth festival ring cycle. Performed between 1988 and 1992 at the Festspielhaus Bayreuth, Kupfer's production features a cast of notables including Tomlinson, Brinkman, Schreibmayer, Finnie, Clark, Johansson, and of course, Barenboim.

78% from 34 members
Not currently released

Gotterdammerung - Bayreuth Festspielhaus...
Director: Harry Kupfer
Certificate:
Legendary production of Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen, conducted by Dainel Barenboim and directed by Harry Kufper at Bayreuth Festival Opera. Available for the first time in its original widescreen, High Definition transfer, complete with true surround sound.

78% from 26 members
Currently unavailable

The Flying Dutchman - Wagner on DVD
Starring: Simon Estes, Matti Salminen, Bayreuth Festival Orch
Director: Harry Kupfer
Certificate:
A performance of Wagner's opera performed by the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.

67% from 88 members

Das Rheingold - Wagner - 2.5 stars
Die Walkure - 3.5 stars
Zimmerman: Die Soldaten - 2.5 stars
Gotterdammerung - 3.5 stars
Siegfried - Wagner - 3.5 stars

Das Rheingold - Wagner - 2.5 stars
Zimmerman: Die Soldaten - 2.5 stars
Gotterdammerung - 3.5 stars
Siegfried - Wagner - 3.5 stars
Die Walkure - 3.5 stars

John Tomlinson - 3 times - show films
Graham Clark - 3 times - show films
Anne Evans - 2 times - show films
Siegfried Jerusalem - 2 times - show films
Mark Munkittrick - 1 times - show films

none - 1 times - show films