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. |
