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The Making of the Ring a documentary

Title: The Making of the Ring [videorecording] : a documentary / a production of Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich ; produced and directed by Peter Weinberg.
Publication: [Netherlands] : Philips, p1987, c1983.

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Description

1 videodisc (53 min.) : sd., col.; 12 in.

Summary

Documentary on Patrice Chéreau's controversial centenary production of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" produced at Bayreuth 1976-1980. Includes excerpts from rehearsals, performances, and recording sessions interspersed with interviews with Patrice Chéreau, Wolfgang Wagner, Friedelind Wagner, Pierre Boulez, Gwyneth Jones, William Mann, and Jeannine Altmeyer. Also includes a brief history of the Bayreuth Festival from its beginnings to the mid-1980s, including archival footage and photographs.

Series Statement

Philips video classics

Subjects

Note

Program notes on container.

Credits (note)

Introduced by Friedelind Wagner ; narrated by George Grizzard ; written by John Ardoin.

Event (note)

Filmed at Bayreuth.

System Details (note)

Extended play/CLV, stereo, analog soundtrack digitally remastered.

Language (note)

Dialog in English or German (in part with English subtitles); opera excerpts sung in German.

Call Number

*LVD 61 (C)

OCLC

NYPG91-F273

Title

The Making of the Ring [videorecording] : a documentary / a production of Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich ; produced and directed by Peter Weinberg.

Imprint

[Netherlands] : Philips, p1987, c1983.

Series

Philips video classics

Credits

Introduced by Friedelind Wagner ; narrated by George Grizzard ; written by John Ardoin.

Event

Filmed at Bayreuth.

System Details

Extended play/CLV, stereo, analog soundtrack digitally remastered.

Language

Dialog in English or German (in part with English subtitles); opera excerpts sung in German.

Added Author

Wagner, Friedelind, 1918- Commentator

Grizzard, George. Narrator

Ardoin, John.

Large, Brian.

Jones, Gwyneth, 1936-

McIntyre, Donald, 1934-

Wagner, Wolfgang, 1919-

Chéreau, Patrice.

Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016.

Weinberg, Peter, 1948-1986, producer.

Weinberg, Peter, 1948-1986, director.

Mann, William, 1924-

Altmeyer, Jeannine.

Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.

Philips International.

Publisher No.

070 205-1 Philips

Research Call Number

*LVD 61 (C)

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