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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Live recording from the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2013
Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Mikhail Petrenko (Hagen), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Gerd Grochowski (Gunther), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute/Zweite Norn); Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim, Guy Cassiers
These DVDs of La Scala performances...are most notable for showcasing this conductor's supreme command of the epic lyricism that goes to the heart of the Wagner style...while Cassiers achieves... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Opera
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
René Pape (Wotan), Stephan Rügamer (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Doris Soffel (Fricka), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Timo Riihonen (Fafner), Anna Samuil (Freia), Anna Larsson (Erda), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Mime); Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim, Guy Cassiers
[Pape's] “Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge”...is one of the finest anywhere...Kränzle is superb, creepy, evil and clearly intelligent. Casting is, in fact, good throughout...a stimulating and... — More…
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Wagner: Siegfried
Live recording from the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2012
Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Peter Bronder (Mime), Terje Stensvold (Der Wanderer), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Anna Larsson (Erda) & Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde)
Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Guy Cassiers (stage director)
Not only does Barenboim have complete control of the shape of Wagner's enormous acts, but there are enormous numbers of details, often witty and pertinent, and immense climaxes...[Stensvold]... — More…
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
René Pape (Wotan - Das Rheingold), Stephan Rügamer (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Doris Soffel (Fricka - Das Rheingold), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Timo Riihonen (Fafner), Anna Samuil (Freia/Gutrune), Anna Larsson (Erda), Simon O’Neill (Siegmund), John Tomlinson (Hunding), Vitalij Kowaljow...
