Mario Hoff stars as Wotan in Richard Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD, the first chapter of The Ring Of The Nibelung saga. Recorded live at the Weimar National Theatre. Read more
| Director | Michael Schultz |
|---|---|
| Genres | Music/Musical, World Cinema |
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Mario Hoff stars as Wotan in Richard Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD, the first chapter of The Ring Of The Nibelung saga. Recorded live at the Weimar National Theatre.
| Director | Michael Schultz |
|---|---|
| Studio | ARTHAUS MUSIK |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 46 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Music/Musical, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: German Blu-ray: German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, English Blu-ray: Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Apr 2008 Blu-ray: 27 Apr 2006 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
The picture quality on the animated menu screen on the Blu-ray is excellent, with the characters almost appearing three dimensional. The picture quality of the video itself is not so eye-popping, though probably better than the DVD.
The production has some interesting ideas, but also ones that didn't seem to make much sense, but seemed there purely to be different and supposedly original. It also has the worst interpretation of Donner I've seen - he looks like an Italian pantomime villain! And his hammer scene is a big anti-climax, and played for laughs.
The performances are okay, and at least I didn't hear any bum notes from the orchestra!
Worth watching for the Wagner fan, but not a production I would return to.