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• Das Rheingold | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The legendary production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen directed by Harry Kupfer at Bayreuth Festival Opera with designs by Hans Schavernoch and conducted by Daniel Barenboim is considered one of the greatest productions of this titanic work ever staged. For their innovative staging Kupfer and his team have turned away from the work's time of origin and located The Ring at a crossroads of history a meeting place of past present and future which sets the scene for the story

• Wagner-Der Ring Des Nibelunge | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £80.98   |  Saving you £-20.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  This legendary Bayreuth Festival production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen directed by Harry Kupfer with designs by Hans Schavernoch and conducted by Daniel Barenboim is considered perhaps the finest video recording of these four operas ever made. For their innovative modernist staging Kupfer and his team turned away from the work's time of origin and located The Ring at a road of history a meeting-place of past present and future which sets the scene for the story's struggles of power and love. Barenboim's authoritative yet highly responsive reading of the immense score and the extraordinary performances of the cast help to make this a truly memorable Ring.

• Das Rheingold - Wagner | DVD | (21/01/2005) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  In the prologue to Wagner's giant masterpiece Der Ring des Nibelungen the beginnings of an epic journey unfold when Alberich seizes the ring of gold its awesome power unleashing an unstoppable story of deceit destruction death and transfiguring love. Filmed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2004 Harry Kupfer's stunning production first staged in Berlin numbers among the greatest productions of modern times.

• Siegfried - Wagner | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £2.65   |  Saving you £32.34 (1,220.38%)   |  RRP £34.99

  In the third work of Wagner's epic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen Siegmund's shattered sword is forged once again and kills the dragon that guards the ring. When Siegfried seizes the ring he also receives its curse as he continues his fiery adventure of discovery and love. Filmed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2004 Harry Kupfer's stunning production first staged in Berlin numbers among the greatest productions of modern times.

• Gotterdammerung - Wagner | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £47.23   |  Saving you £-12.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  In the final part of Wagner's epic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen Siegfried's world descends into falsehood and betrayal before his cursed life is ended by a single spear. Fate ignites the final conflagration which sets the world to await its new beginning. Filmed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2004 Harry Kupfer's stunning production first staged in Berlin numbers among the greatest productions of modern times and is recorded in sumptuous surround sound.