Research Catalog

Title

Siegfried [videorecording] / music and libretto, Richard Wagner ; a Metropolitan Opera Television Production, in association with La Sept, Channel 4, ORF, [and] Deutsche Grammophon ; video director, Brian Large.

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Publication

Hamburg, Germany : Deutsche Grammophon : New York, NY : Manufactured and marketed by Polygram Records, Inc., p1991, c1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Upshaw, Dawn.
• Svendén, Birgitta.
• Jerusalem, Siegfried.
• Zednik, Heinz.
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
• Salminen, Matti.
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Schenk, Otto.
• Large, Brian.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• SEPT (Television station : France)
• Channel Four (Great Britain)
• Österreichischer Rundfunk.
• Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)

Description

3 videodiscs (253 min.) : sd., col.; 12 in.

Uniform Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried

Alternative Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Opera.
• Recorded on 5 sides only.
• Cast and partial credits on container; program notes by John Deathridge in English and by André Boucourechliev in French, and synopsis in English and French translated from the original German of Karl Dietrich Gräwe (12 p. : ill., music) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

• Stage production, Otto Schenk ; camera, William Akerlund ... [et al.] ; set and projection design, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; costume design, Rolf Langenfass ; lighting design, Gil Wechsler.

Performer (note)

• Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Dawn Upshaw (Voice of the Forest Bird) ; Birgitta Svendén (Erda) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Heinz Zednik (Mime) ; James Morris (The Wanderer) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Matti Salminen (Fafner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor.

Event (note)

• Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 1990.

System Details (note)

• NTSC, extended play CLV, CX encoded, stereo.

Language (note)

• Sung in German, with English subtitles.

Call Number

*LVD 228 (F)

OCLC

• 25845805
• NYPG99-F422

Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title

Siegfried [videorecording] / music and libretto, Richard Wagner ; a Metropolitan Opera Television Production, in association with La Sept, Channel 4, ORF, [and] Deutsche Grammophon ; video director, Brian Large.

Imprint

Hamburg, Germany : Deutsche Grammophon : New York, NY : Manufactured and marketed by Polygram Records, Inc., p1991, c1990.

Cast

Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde) ; Dawn Upshaw (Voice of the Forest Bird) ; Birgitta Svendén (Erda) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Heinz Zednik (Mime) ; James Morris (The Wanderer) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Matti Salminen (Fafner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor.

Credits

Stage production, Otto Schenk ; camera, William Akerlund ... [et al.] ; set and projection design, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; costume design, Rolf Langenfass ; lighting design, Gil Wechsler.

Event

Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 1990.

System Details

NTSC, extended play CLV, CX encoded, stereo.

Language

Sung in German, with English subtitles.

Added Author

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Upshaw, Dawn.

Svendén, Birgitta. Performer

Jerusalem, Siegfried. Performer

Zednik, Heinz. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Schenk, Otto. Production personnel

Large, Brian. Director

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

SEPT (Television station : France)

Channel Four (Great Britain)

Österreichischer Rundfunk.

Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)

Publisher No.

072 520-1 Deutsche Grammophon

Research Call Number

*LVD 228 (F) Program notes on file.