Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in 2008, this production is the third part of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle. Christian Thielemann, one of the most sought-after conductors in the world, takes the baton with the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra.
4 CD SET
Siegfried: Stephen Gould
Mime: Gerhard Siegel
Der Wanderer: Albert Dohmen
Alberich: Andrew Shore Fafner: Hans-Peter König
Erda: Christa Mayer
Brünnhilde: Linda Watson
Waldvogel: Robin Johannsen
Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus
Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Director: Tankred Dorst
Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, in 2008.
“Thielemann’s conducting holds all in glorious Wagner.…tremendous singing.”
The Stage
“ ... there is no doubt that this year's Ring at Bayreuth belongs to...Thielemann... [who] creates a musical experience epic in its scale and inexorable in its apocalyptic, shattering power.”
The Guardian