Nikolay Petrov - Der Ring des Nibelungen - BLU-RAY

In 2024, near Wagner's former Zurich residence, where much of the InchRing des NibelungenInch was composed, Opernhaus Zurich staged it's first complete Ring cycle in more than 20 years, performed under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda. InchIn a way, the 'Ring' returned to it's origins,Inch said Andreas Homoki, stage director of Wagner's grandiose myth, which depicts the rise and fall of an entire world, delving into themes of love, fate, courage, and betrayal.At it's core, the InchRing des NibelungenInch is also a family drama about Wotan, the father of the gods, and his struggle to keep and break treaties, about freedom, it's presence and absence, and his desperate attempts to halt the very downfall he set in motion.Homoki's production brings the gods, humans, and mythical beings strikingly close, making their relationships and motivations vivid and compelling through meticulous character portrayal.The same outstanding cast performs across all four operas, heightening the dramaturgic intensity Tomasz Konieczny as Wotan, Camilla Nylund as Brunnhilde, Christopher Purves as Alberich, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke as Mime, and Klaus Florian Vogt as Siegfried, who also gave his acclaimed role debut in Homoki's Zurich productions.Recorded live at Opernhaus ZurichMay 2024

?Richard Wagner's extraordinary cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen, is epic in every sense of the word. It's story revolves around the legendary quest for a magical ring that can grant power to rule the world, with gods, heroes, heroines and mythical characters becoming embroiled in a world of passionate emotions, hard-won triumphs, and the deepest of tragedies. Sofia Opera's acclaimed productions bring Wagner's shimmering and opulent vision to life in a spectacle that is thrilling from beginning to end in both it's daring visual language and it's overwhelming musical intensity.

WWI; "The Great War;" is raging across Europe and the Middle East. In the desolate heart of the Arabian Desert a downed German double agent awaits rescue. Enter Captain Jackson Cove; an American pilot flying for the British allied forces; sent in to recover Captain Josef von Zimmerman and the information he's carrying for the Allies. Cove's joined by young English nurse and German translator Eleanor Morgan; who struggles to keep up in the arid wasteland. When they find Zimmerman; severely injured and suffering from amnesia; Cove discovers all is not as it seems. The mission soon disintegrates into a sandstorm of deceit; confusion and danger; and Cove; caught in the middle; has got to fly his way out.