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Wagnerian Glory

'Siegfried' from New York in HD,
appreciated by Maria Nockin

 

On 5 November 2011, The Metropolitan Opera transmitted Richard Wagner's opera Siegfried live to cinemas around the world. That in itself is a marvel, but Siegfried is an opera that demands incredible technical expertise. It's often hard to make everything needed for this opera work, but on Saturday all the technical and human aspects of this opera performed as planned. The vertical planks that were the basis of the designer Carl Fillion's set first rolled over, and then became the shadow-dappled tree trunks of the primeval forest in which director Robert Lepage set his characters...

Copyright © 14 November 2011 Maria Nockin,
Arizona USA

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RICHARD WAGNER

SIEGFRIED

METROPOLITAN OPERA

HIGH DEFINITION

BRYN TERFEL

GERMANY

NEW YORK

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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