Colon Ring: Der Ring Des Nibelungen in 7 Hours

You don't deserve Wagner if you cannot see the complete Ring
One star for the concept. Setting the music drama in Argentina during the 1970s when the generals ruled and identifying the Rhine Gold with the Argentinian children who were stolen is a wonderful idea. I wish the producer and the director could have done the complete Ring. The cuts are terrible and disasterous. Most of the time the story line does not make sense due to the cuts. The excuse that people today are fast paced and cannot watch a 16 hour music drama is nonsense. Are we going to see Hamlet is 5 minutes very soon? What's wrong with you people? Cutting great master works of art is an insult to the art. If you cannot watch Wagner complete, please go watch popular music. You don't deserve Wagner. The performance is ok. Some of the singers are terrible. The whole opera stands on the shoulders of Linda Watson as Brunhilde. She rescued the production and encouraged the Colon Theater to produce it after Katherina Wagner, the great great grand daughter of the composer who was...

Absolutely Gaping
This collection left me just absolutely gaping. It is just breathtaking and marvelous. I can hardly wait for the next one!



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