The Wagner Society of Great Britain

Catalogue of DVDs and Videos

February 2018

Last updated 8th February 2018. A R Burton

Most of the items in the DVD and video library are home-made recordings. Some are multi-generational copies, and since copying video tapes several times over can lead to an increase in video noise, and a darkened or unstable picture. members shouldl not expect pristine quality. This is highlighted in the listing where known.Original ie pre-recorded videos are highlighted as such in the listing.

Die FeenArindal - (Ar) Ada - (Ad) Lora - (L) Gunther - (Gu) Gernot - (Ge) Drolla - (D) Zemina - (Z)Farzana - (F) Herald - (H) Morald - (M)

Die FeenVienna State Opera “Wagner for Children” abridgment (47 mins)Vienna Opera 3rd March 2012, conductor Kathleen Kelly1DVD, no subtitlesGergely Nemeti (Ar), Daniela Fally (Ad), Sorin Coliban (H), Donna Ellen (Z), Monika Bohinec (F), Michael Roider (Gu), Caroline Wenborne (L), Hans Peter Kammerer (Gt)Die Feen continues to be a major hole in the world of opera on video – not even the pirate market has yet produced one. We will therefore have to content ourselves with this unusual heavily abridged yet nonetheless interesting item.

Das LiebesverbotFriedrich - (F) Luzio - (L) Claudio - (C) Antonio - (A) Bringhella - (B) Isabella - (I) Marianne - (M)

Opera House Graz 1983 conductor Niksa Bazere1DVD or 1 VHS, both PAL format, no subtitles (multi-generation copy.)Joszef Dene (F), Juraj Huny (L), Quaede Winter (C), Hans Holzmann (A), Nandor Tomory (B),Nelly Ailakowa (I), Annemarie Zeller (M)

RienziRienzi - (R) Irene - (R) Colonna - (C) Adriano - (A) Orsini - (O) Raimondi - (Ra) Baroncelli - (B) Cecco del Vecchio - (Cv) Friedensbote - (F) Herald - (H)

Hess State Theatre Wiesbaden 1979 conductor Siegfried KohlerVHS, PAL, no subtitles (multi-generation copy.)Gerd Brenneis (R), Jeannine Altmeyer (I), Heinz Peters (C), Erich Kuntz (Cv), Wolfang Frey (B), Carl-Heinrich Steinhaus (O), Edmund Wollitz (Ra), Glenys Linos (A)

Toulouse Capitole Orchestra 2012 conductor Pinchas Steinberg2 Opus Arte DVDs, NTSC, optional English subtitlesTorsten Kerl (R), Marika Schonberg (I), Richard Wiegold (C), Lenoardo Neiva (Cv), Marc Heller (B),Stefan Heidemann (O), Jennifer O`Loughlin (A)

Der Fliegende HolländerDutchman - (H) Daland - (D) Senta - (S) Mary - (M) Erik - (E) Steersman - (St)

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conductor Rolf Peuter1964 film directed by Joachim Herz1DVD, PAL, no subtitles. Fred Deuren (H), Gerd Ehlers (D), Anna Prucnal (S), Mathilde Daneggeri (M), Herbert Graedtke (E),

Royal Philharmonic conductor David Lloyd-James. 1975 BBC TV Production1 DVD, PAL, no subtitles. (multi-generation copy.)Norman Bailey (H), Stafford Dean (D), Gwynneth Jones (S), Jean Davis (M), Keith Erwen (E),Robert Ferguson (St)

Bayreuth Festival 1985 conductor Woldemar NelssonStage producer Harry Kupfer, designer Peter Sykora, costumes Reinhard Heinrich.1 VHS (Philips), PAL, no subtitles. Also 2 home-made DVD copiesSimon Estes (H), Matti Salminen (D), Lisbeth Balslev (S), Anny Schlemm (M), Robert Schunk (E), Graham Clark (St)

Savonlinna Festival 1990 conductor Leif SegerstamVHS, PAL, no subtitlesFranz Grundheber (H), Matti Salminen (D), Hildegard Behrens (S), Raimo Sirkia (E), Anita Valkki (M(), Jorma Silvasti (St)

Bavarian State Opera 1991 conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch1 DVD, PAL, no subtitlesRobert Hale (H), Julia Varady (S), Jaakko Ryhänen (D), Anny Schlemm (M), Peter Seiffert (E), Ulrich Ress (St)

English National Opera 1997 conductor Paul Daniels.Stage producer Stein Winge, designer Timian Alsaker.1 VHS, or 1 DVD, both PAL, no subtitlesWillard White (H), John Connell (D), Rita Cullis (S), Catherine Savory (M), David Rendall (E),John Hudson (St)

Vienna State Opera 2004 conductor Zubin Mehta.Stage producer Christine Mielitz, designer Stefan Mayer .1VHS, or 1 DVD, both PAL, German subtitlesFalk Struckmann (H), Walter Fink (D), Nina Stemme (S), Margarete Hintermeier (M), Torsten Kerl (E),John Dickie (St)

Welsh National Opera February 2006 conductor Carlo RizziStage producer David Alden.DVD, PAL, from Welsh S4C TV transmission, no subtitles. Bryn Terfel (H), Gidon Saks (D), Annalena Persson (S), Mary Lloyd-Davies (M), Ian Storey (E), Peter Webb (St)

Zurich Opera Dec 2012/Jan 2013 conductor Alain AltinogluStage producer DVD, PAL, German subtitles. Bryn Terfel (H), Matti Salminen (D), Anja Kampe (S), Lilliana Nikiteanu (M), Marco Jentzsch (E), Fabio Trumpy (St)

Bayreuth Festival 25th July 2013 conductor Christian ThielemannStage producer Jan Philip GlogerDVD, PAL, German subtitles. Samuel Youn (H), Franz-Josef Selig (D), Ricarda Merbeth (S), Christa Mayer (M), Tomislav Muzek (E), Benjamin Bruns (St)

Covent Garden 4th February 2015 conductor Andris NelsonsStage producer DVD, NTSC, no subtitles. Bryn Terfel (H), Peter Rose (D), Adrienne Pieczonka (S), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (M), Michael Konig (E), Ed Lyon (St)

TannhäuserTannhäuser - (H) Elisabeth - (E) Venus - (V) Landgraf - (L) Wolfram - (Wo) Walther - (Wa)Biterolf – (B) Reinmar – (R) Shepherd – (S)

Bayreuth Festival 1978 conductor Sir Colin DavisDVD, PAL, no subtitlesSpas Wenkoff (T), Gwynneth Jones (E), Hans Sotin (L), Wolfgang Brendel (Wo), Gwynneth Jones (V), Robert Schunk (Wa), Franz Mazura (B), Heinz Feldhoff (R), Brigitte Ludner (S)

Bayreuth Festival 1985 conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesRichard Versalle (T), Cheryl Studer (E), Hans Sotin (L), Wolfgang Brendel (Wo), Gabriele Schnaut (V),

Robert Schunk (Wa), Siegfried Vogel (B), Sandor Solyom-Nagy (R), Brigitte Ludner (S)

Bavarian State Opera 1994 conductor Zubin MehtaDVD, PAL, no subtitles – 1 on one dvd, 1 on 2 dvdsRené Kollo (T), Nadine Secunde (E), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (L), Bernd Weikl (Wo), Waltraud Meier (V), Claes Ahnsjo (Wa), Hans Günther Nöcker (B), Gerhard Auer (R)

Zurich Opera 2003 conductor Franz Wesler-MostProduction by Jens-Daniel Herzog2 EMI DVD, NTSC, English subtitlesPeter Seiffert (T), Solveig Kringelborn (E), Alfred Muff (L), Roman Trekel (Wo), Isabelle Kabatu (V),Jonas Kaufmann (Wa), Rolf Haunstein (B), Guido Gotzen (R),

Deutsches Sinfonieorchester, Baden-Baden 2008 conductor Philippe JourdanProduction by Nikolaus Lehnhoff2 DVD, PAL, English subtitlesRobert Gambill (T), Camilla Nylund (E), Stephen Milling (L), Roman Trekel (Wo), Waltraud Meier (V), Marcel Reijans (Wa), Tom Fox (B), Andreas Hörl (R), Katherina Müller (S)

Bayreuth Festival 12th August 2014 conductor Axel KoberProduction by Stephan Baumgartner2 DVD, PAL, German subtitlesTorsten Kerl (T), Camilla Nylund (E), Kwangchul Youn (L), Markus Eiche (Wo), Michelle Breedt (V), Lothar Odinius (Wa), Thomas Jesatko (B), Rainer Zaun (R), Katja Stuber (S)

Bavarian State Opera, Munich, 4th July 2017 conductor Kirill PetrenkoProduction by Roberto Castellucci2 DVD, PAL, German subtitlesKlaus Florian Vogt (T), Anja Harteros (E), Georg Zeppenfeld (L), Christian Gerhaher (Wo),Elena Pankratova (V), Dean Power (Wa), Peter Lobert (B), Ralf Lukas (R), Elsa Benoit (S)

Act 2 onlyBerlin State Opera 1982 conductor Otmar SuitnerDVD, PAL, no subtitlesSpas Wenkoff (T), Celestina Casapietra (E), Fritz Hubner (L), Siegfried Lorenz (Wo), Peter Bindzsus (Wa), Peter Olesch (B), Gunther Frohlich (R), This performance does exist as a complete recording in video format, but was issued on laserdisc only and has so far eluded me.

LohengrinLohengrin - (L) Elsa - (E) Ortrud - (O) Telramund - (T) Heinrich – (H) Herald - (Hd)

Bayreuth Festival 1982 conductor Woldemar NelssonProduction by Götz Friedrich2 Region 2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesPeter Hofmann (L), Karan Armstrong (E), Elizabeth Connell (O), Leif Roar (T), Siegfried Vogel (H),Bernd Weikl (Hd)

New Yorm Metropolitan Opera 10th January 1986 conductor James LevineProduction by Otto Schenk1VHS or Region 2 DVD, PAL, English subtitlesPeter Hofmann (L), Eva Marton (E), Leonie Rysanek (O), Leif Roar (T), John Macurdy (H),Anthony Raffery (Hd)

Vienna State Opera 1990 conductor Claudio Abbado1 Region 2 DVD, PAL, no subtitles Placido Domingo (L), Cheryl Studer (E), Dunja Vejzovic (O), Hartmut Welker (T), Robert Lloyd (H),Georg Tichy (Hd)

Bayreuth Festival 1990 conductor Peter SchneiderProduction by Werner Herzog2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesPaul Frey (L), Cheryl Studer (E), Gabriele Schnaut (O), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (T), Manfred Schenk (H),Eike Wilm Schulte (Hd)

Hungarian State Opera 2004 conductor Yuri SimonovStage producer Katharina Wagner.1 Region 2 DVD, PAL, permanent Hungarian subtitlesAttila Kiss (L), Eszter Sumegi (E), Eva Marton (O), Bela Perencz (T), Peter Fried (H),Ferenc Cserhalmi (Hd)

Teatro Liceu Barcelona 2006 conductor Sebastian WeigleStage producer Peter Konwitschny2 DVD,NTSC, English subtitlesJohn Treleaven (L), Emily Magee (E), Luana deVol (O), Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (T), Reinhard Hagen (H),Robert Borkl (Hd)

Deutsches Sinfonieorchester, Baden-Baden 2006 conductor Kent NaganoStage producer Nikolaus Lehnhoff1 Region 2 DVD, PAL, no subtitlesKlaus Florian Vogt (L), Solveig Kringelborn (E), Waltraud Meier (O), Hans-Peter Konig (T), Tom Fox (H),Roman Trekel (Hd)

Bayreuth Festival 14th August 2011 conductor Andris NelsonsStage producer Hans Neuenfels: first live tv relay from Bayreuth1 Region 2 DVD, PAL, German subtitlesKlaus Florian Vogt (L), Annette Dasch (E), Petra Lang (O), Jukka Rasilainen (T), Georg Zeppenfeld (H),Samuel Youn (Hd)

La Scala Milan 7th December 2012 conductor Daniel Barenboim2 Region 2 DVDs, PAL, German subtitlesKlaus Florian Vogt (L), Annette Dasch (E), Evelyn Herlitzius (O), Tomas Tomasson (T),Rene Pape (H), Zeljko Lucic (Hd)

Tristan und IsoldeTristan - (T) Isolde - (I) Brangäne - (B) Kurwenal - (K) König Marke - (KM) Melot - (Mt) Shepherd - (Sh) Sailor - (Sa) Steersman - (St)

Bayreuth Festival Company live in Osaka 1967, conductor Pierre Boulez.Stage Producer & Designer Wieland Wagner. 2VHS (Legato), B+W, no subtitles, linear mono soundtrack onlyor 1 DVD, B+W, no subtitlesWolfgang Windgassen (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Hertha Töpper (B), Hans Andersson (K), Hans Hotter (KM), Gerd Nienstedt (Mt), Sebastian Feiersinger (Sh), Georg Paskuda (Sa), Gerd Nienstedt (St)very poor visual quality but a unique document of a complete Wieland Wagner production.

Orchestre de ORTF conductor Karl Böhm, Orange Festival 7th July 1973Stage Producer Nikolaus Lehnhoff2VHS (no subtitles)or 2 DVD, NTSC, English subtitlesJon Vickers (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Ruth Hesse (B), Walther Berry (K), Bengt Rundgren (KM),Stan Unruh (Mt), Horst Laubenthal (Sa/S)

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein, Munich 1981Semi-staged concert performance1 DVD, NTSC, no subtitlesPeter Hofmann (T), Hildegard Behrens (I), Yvonne Minton (B), Bernd Weikl (K), Hans Sotin (KM),

Heribert Steinbach (Mt), Thomas Moser (Sa), Raimund Grumbach (St), Heinz Zednik (Sh)

Bayreuth Festival 1982 conductor Daniel BarenboimStage Producer Jean-Pierre Ponelle2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesRené Kollo (T), Johanna Meier (I), Hanna Schwarz (B), Hermann Becht (K), Matti Salminen (KM),Robert Schunk (Mt/Sa), Martin Egel (St), Helmut Pamuch (Sh)

Bayreuth Festival 1995 conductor Daniel Barenboim. Stage Producer Heiner Müller; designer Erich Wonder; costumes Yohji Yamamoto1 VHS or 2 DVDs, both PAL, no subtitlesSiegfried Jerusalem (T), Waltraud Meier (I), Uta Priew (B), Falk Struckmann (K), Matthias Hölle (M), Poul Elming (Mt), Peter Maus (Sh), Gerhard Unger (Sa), Werner Faulhaber (St)

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra c Lorin Maazel, Munich 10th November 1996Production August Everding.2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesJon Frederic West (T), Hildegard Behrens (I), Ann Murray (B), Alan Titus (K), Matti Salminen (KM), Volker Vogel (M) Ernst Haefliger (Sh), Kobie van Rensburg (Sa)

Bavarian State Opera c Zubin Mehta, 1998Production Peter Konwitschny2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesJon Frederic West (T), Waltraud Meier (I), Marjana Lipovsek (B), Bernd Weikl (K), Kurt Moll (KM), Claes Ahnsjo (M) Kevin Connors (Sh), Ulrich Ress (Sa), Hans Willbring (St)

New York Metropolitan Opera 1999 conductor James Levine. Stage Producer Dieter Dorn, designer Jurgen Rose, lighting Max Keller2DG DVD, NTS, optional subtitles, or 1VHS, PAL, no subtitlesBen Heppner (T), Jane Eaglen (I), Katarina Dalayman (B), Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (K), Rene Pape (M), Brian Davies (Mt), Mark Schowalter (Sh), Anthony Dean Griffey (Sa), James Courtney (St)

La Scala Milan 7th December 2007 conductor Daniel Barenboim. Stage Producer Patrice Chereau, designer Richard Peduzzi3DVD, PAL, German subtitlesIan Storey (T), Waltraud Meier (I), Michelle de Young (B), Gerd Grochowski (K), Matti Salminen (M), Will Hartmann (Mt),

New York Metropolitan Opera 22nd March 2008 conductor James LevineStage Producer Patrice Chereau, designer Richard Peduzzi3DVD, PAL, German subtitlesJon Frederic West (T), Deborah Voight (I), Michelle de Young (B), Eike Wilm Schulte (K), Matti Salminen (M), Stephen Gaertner (Mt), Tony Stevenson (Sa), Mark Schowalter (Sh), James Courtney (St)

Act 2 Concert/Semi-staged PerformanceLucerne Festival, Lucerne 2004 conductor Claudio Abbado1DVD, PAL,John Treleaven (T), Violeta Urmana (I), Mihoko Fujimura (B), Peter Brechtbuhler (K), Ralk Lukas (Mt), Rene Pape (M),(Concert begins with Richard Strauss 4 Last Songs, sung by Renee Fleming)

Act 2 Concert PerformanceWDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, 10th + 12th June 2010 conductor Semyon Bychkov1DVD, PAL, English subtitlesClifton Forbis (T), Violeta Urmana (I), Petra Lang (B), Samuel Youn (K/Mt), Franz-Josef Selig (M),(Concert also includes “Where the World Ends” by Gunther Schuller)Bayreuth Festival 7th August 2015 c Christian Thielemann3DVDs, PAL, German subtitlesStephen Gould (T), Evelyn Herlitzius (I), Christa Mayer (B), Iain Patterson (Ku), Georg Zeppenfeld (KM), Raimund Nolte (M), Tanzel Akzeybek (Sa/sh), Kay Stiefemann (St)

ExcerptsMontreal Symphony Orchestra 1976 c Franz Paul Decker1DVD, NTSC, English subtitlesJon Vickers (T), Roberta Knie (I), Maureen Forrester (B), Victor Braun (K), William Wilderman (M),

Die Meistersinger von NürnbergSachs - (S) Walther - (W) Eva - (E) Beckmesser - (B) Pogner - (P) Kothner - (K) David - (D) Magdalene - (M) Nightwatchman - (N)

Swedish Royal Opera 1980s conductor Berislav KlobucarStage Producer & Designer Götz Friedrich.2VHS, PAL, English subtitles, (multi-generation copy.)Sven-Olof Eliasson (S), Leif Roar (W), Helene Doese (E), Erik Saeden (B), Arne Tyven (P), Gösta Winbergh (D), Edith Thallaug (M)

Bayreuth Festival 1983 conductor Horst Stein. 2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitles, (2 copies)Bernd Weikl (S), Siegfried Jerusalem (W), Mari Anne Häggander (E), Hermann Prey (B), Manfred Schenk(P), Graham Clark (D), Marga Schiml (M)

Deutsche Oper Berlin 1995 conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burghos. Stage Producer & Designer Götz Friedrich.2VHS or 2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesWolfgang Brendel (S), Gösta Winbergh (W), Eva Johansson (E), Eike Wilm Schulte (B), Victor van Halem (P), Uwe Peper (D), Ute Walter (M)

Bayreuth Festival 1999 conductor Daniel Barenboim. Stage Producer & Designer Wolfgang Wagner.1VHS or 2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesRobert Holl (S), Peter Seiffert (W), Emily Magee (E), Andreas Schmidt (B), Matthias Hölle (P), Endrik Wottrich (D), Birgitta Svenden (M)

New York Met 2001 conductor James LevineStage Producer & Designer Otto Schenk.2 DG DVDs, NTSC, optional subtitlesJames Morris (S), Ben Heppner (W), Karita Mattila (E), Thomas Allen (B), Rene Pape (P),Matthew Polenzani (D), Jill Grove (M)

Zurich Opera 2004 conductor Franz Welser-MostStage Producer & Designer Nikolaus Lehnhoff.2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesJose van Dam (S), Peter Seiffert (W), Petra-Maria Schnitzer (E), Michael Volle (B), Matti Salminen (P), Christoph Strehl (D), Brigitte Pinter (M)

Bayreuth Festival 2008 conductor Sebastian WeigleStage Producer & Designer Katharina Wagner2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesFranz Hawlata (S), Klaus Florian Vogt (W), Michaela Kaune (E), Michael Volle (B), Artur Korn (P), Norbert Ernst (D), Carola Gruber (M)

Vienna State 2008 conductor Christian ThielemannStage Producer & Designer Otto Schenk.3 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesFalk Struckmann (S), Johan Botha (W), Ricarda Merbeth (E), Adrian Erod (B), Ain Anger (P),

Michael Schade (D), Michaela Selinger (M)

Welsh National Opera conductor Lothar Koenigs, Proms 17th July 2010Semi-staged concert performance2 DVDs, PALBryn Terfel (S), Raymond Very (W), Amanda Roocroft (E), Christopher Purves (B), Brindley Sherratt (P),Andrew Tortise (D), Anna Burford (M)

Glyndebourne Festival 26th June 2011 conductor Vladimir Jurowski2DVDs, video slightly jerky at times Gerald Finley (S), Marco Jentzsch (W), Anna Gabler (E), Johannes Martin Kranzle (B), Alastair Miles (P), Topi Lehtipu (D), Michaela Selinger (M)

Nurnberg Philharmonic c Marcus Bosch, Nurnberg 15th October 2011Stage Producer & Designer David Mouchtar-Samorai.2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesAlbert Pesendorfer (S), Michael Putsch (W), Michaela Maria Mayer (E), Jochen Kupfer (B),Guido Jentjens (P), Tilma Lichdi (D), Leila Pfister (M)

Bayreuth Festival 25th July 2017 c Philippe Jordan2 DVDs, PAL, German subtitlesMichael Volle (S), Klaus Florian Vogt (W), Anne Schwanewilms (E), Johannes Martin Kranzle (B),Gunther Groissbock (P), Daniel Behle (D), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (M)

Der Ring des Nibelungen – complete cycles

Bayreuth Festival 1979/80 “Centenary Production” Conductor Pierre Boulez.Stage producer Patrice Chereau; stage design Richard Peduzzi; costumes Jacques Schmidt. Das Rheingold: 1 VHS (PAL, no subtitles) or 1 DVD (NTSC, optional English subtitles)Donald McIntyre (W), Hanna Schwarz (Fr), Carmen Reppel (Fe), Martin Egel (D), Siegfried Jerusalem (Fo), Heinz Zednik (L), Hermann Becht (A), Helmut Pampuch (M), Matti Salminen (Fs). Fritz Hübner (Ff), Norma Sharp (Wo), Ilse Gramatzki (We), Marga Schiml (Fl), Ortrun Wenkel (E) Die Walküre: 2 VHS (PAL, no subtitles) or 2 DVDs (NTSC, optional English subtitles)Peter Hoffman (Sm), Jeannine Altmeyer (Sl), Matti Salminen (H), Donald McIntyre (W), Gwyneth Jones (B), Hanna Schwarz (Fr) + "The Making of the Ring" documentary.Siegfried: 2 VHS (PAL, no subtitles) or 2 DVDs (NTSC, optional English subtitles)Manfred Jung (S), Gwyneth Jones (B), Donald McIntyre (W), Heinz Zednik (M), Hermann Becht (A),Fritz Hübner (Ff) Norma Sharp (Wd), Ortrun Wenkel (E)Götterdämmerung: 2 VHS (PAL, no subtitles) or 2 DVDs (NTSC, optional English subtitles)Manfred Jung (S), Gwyneth Jones (B), Fritz Hübner (H), Hermann Becht (A), Franz Mazura (Gn), Jeannine Altmeyer (Gt), Gwendolyn Killebrew (Wa), Ortrun Wenkel (N1), Gabriele Schnaut (N2), Katie Clarke (N3), Norma Sharp (Wo), Ilse Gramatzki (We), Marga Schiml (Fl)

Bayreuth Festival 1991-92 Conductor Daniel Barenboim: 7 dvds in box with bookletStage Producer Harry KupferDas Rheingold: 1DVD, NTSC, optional English subtitlesJohn Tomlinson (W), Linda Finnie (Fr), Eva Johansson (Fe), Bodo Brinkmann (D), Karl Schreibmayer (Fo), Graham Clark (L), Gunther von Kannen (A), Helmut Pampuch (M), Siegried Vogel (Fs), Philip Kang (Ff), Die Walkure: 2DVD, NTSC, optional English subtitlesPoul Elming (Sm), Nadine Secunde (Sl), Matthias Hölle (H), John Tomlinson (W), Anne Evans (B),Linda Finnie (Fr)Siegfried: 2DVD, NTSC, optional English subtitlesSiegfried Jerusalem (S), Anne Evans (B), John Tomlinson (W), Garham Clark (M)Gunter von Kannen (A), Philip Kang (F), Birgitta Svenden (E), Hilde Leidland (Wd)Gotterdammerung: 2DVD, NTSC, optional English subtitlesSiegfried Jerusalem (S), Anne Evans (B), Philip Kang (H), Gunter von Kannen (A), Bodo Brinkmann (Gn), Eva-Marie Bundschuh (Gt), Waltraud Meier (W), Birgitta Svenden (N1), Linda Finnie (N2), Uta Priew (N3), Hilde Leidland (Wo), Annette Küttenbaum (We), Jane Turner (Fl)

Den Jyrske Opera Aarhus, 1993-1996 Conductors Tamas Vetö + Francesco Cristofoli.Stage producer Klaus Hoffmeyer; stage design Lars Juhl; costumes Jesper Kongshaug. No subtitles; all Region 2 PAL format.Das Rheingold . 1 DVD: Lars Waage (W), Marianne Eklöf (Fr), Irene Theorin (Fe), Poul Teddy Rasmussen (D), Thomas Poulsen Kragh (Fo), Lennart Stregaard (L), Jorgen Klint (A), Hans Jorgen Laursen (M), Stephen Milling (Fs), Jesper Brun-Jensen (Ff), Anne Margrethe Dahl (Wo), Birgit Demstrup (We), Annemarie Moller (Fl), Kirsten Dolberg (E) Die Walküre: 2 DVD: Poul Elming (Sm), Tina Kiberg (Sl), Aage Haugland (H), Lars Waage (W), Lisbeth Balslev (B), Marianne Eklöf (Fr)Siegfried: 2 DVD: Stig Andersen (S), Lisbeth Balslev (B), Lars Waage (W), Hans Jorgen Laursen (M), Jorgen Klint (A), Jesper Brun-Jensen (Ff), Henriette Bonde-Hansen (Wd), Mette Ejsing (E)Götterdämmerung: 2 DVD: Stig Andersen (S), Lisbeth Balslev (B), Aage Haugland (H), Jorgen Klint (A), Lars Thodberg Bertelsen (Gn), Majken Bjerno (Gt), Marianne Eklöf (Wa), Susanne Persson-Resmark (N1), Marianne Eklöf (N2), Antje Jansen (N3), Anne Margrethe Dahl (Wo), Birgit Demstrup (We),Annemarie Moller (Fl)

Netherlands Opera, Amsterdam 1999 conductor Hartmut Haenchen.Stage producer Pierre Audi; stage design George Tsypin; costumes Eiko Ishioka, lighting Wolfgang Goebbel. Sung in German, Dutch subtitlesDas Rheingold . 1 VHS: John Bröcheler (W), Reinhild Runkel (Fr), Carola Höhn (Fe), Jurgen Freier (D), Albert Bonnema (Fo), Chris Merritt (L), Henk Smit (A), Graham Clark (M), Peter Mikulás (Fs). Carsten Stabell Ff), Gabriele Fontana (Wo), Hanna Schaer (We), Catherine Keen (Fl), Anna Gjevang (E) Die Walküre: 1 VHS: John Keyes (Sm), Nadine Secunde (Sl), Kurt Rydl (H), John Bröcheler (W), Jeannine Altmeyer (B), Reinhild Runkel (Fr)Siegfried: 1 VHS: Heinz Kruse (S), Jeannine Altmeyer (B), John Bröcheler (W), Graham Clark (M), Henk Smit (A), Carsten Stabell (Ff) Stefan Pangratz (Wd), Anne Gjevang (E)Götterdämmerung: 2 VHS: Heinz Kruse (S), Jeannine Altmeyer (B), Kurt Rydl (H), Henk Smit (A), Wolfgange Schöne (Gn), Eva-Marie Bundschih (Gt), Anne Gjevang (Wa), Hebe Dijkstra (N1), Irmgard Vilsmaler (N2), Kirsi Tihonen (N3), Gabrile Fontana (Wo), Hanna Schaer (We), Catherine Keen (Fl)

Vienna State Opera 10-24th January 2016 conductor Adam FischerStage producer Sven-Eric Bechtolf; stage design Rolf Glittenberg; costumes Marianne Glittenberg. Sung in German, no subtitles, NTSC formatDas Rheingold. 1DVD: Thomas Konieczny (W), Michaela Schuster (Fr), Caroline Wenborne (Fe),Boaz Daniel (D), Jason Bridges (Fo), Norbert Ernst (L), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (A), Herwig Pecoraro (M), Ain Anger (Fs), Sorin Coliban (Ff), Andrea Carroll (Wo), Rachel Frenkel (We), Zoryana Kushpler (Fl),Anna Larsson (E) Die Walküre: 1DVD: Christopher Ventris (Sm), Waltraud Meier (Sl), Ain Anger (H),Tomas Koniecznky (W), Linda Watson (B), Michaela Schuster (Fr)Siegfried: 1DVD: Christian Franz (S), Linda Watson (B), Tomas Konieczny (W), Herwig Pecoraro (M), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (A), Sorin Coliban (Ff), Andrea Carroll (Wd), Anna Larsson (E)Götterdämmerung: 2DVD: Christian Franz (S), Linda Watson (B), Eric Halfvarson (H), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (A), Boaz Daniel (Gn), Regine Hangler (Gt), Anna Larsson (Wa), Monika Bohinec (N1), Ulrika Helzel (N2), Ildiko Raimondi (N3), Andrea Carroll (Wo), Rachel Frankel (We), Juliette Mars (Fl)

Opera North, Leeds July 2016 conductor Richard FarnesSemi-staged concert performancesSung in German, English subtitlesDas Rheingold: 1 DVD, PAL: Michal Druiett (W), Yvonne Howard (Fr), Jo Pohlheim (A), Wolfgang Abliger-Speerhacker (L), Richard Roberts (M), Mats Almgren (Ff), James Creswell (Fs), Giselle Allen (Fe), Mark Le Brocq (Fo), Andrew Foster Williams (D), Claudia Huckle (E), Jeni Bern (Wo),Madeleine Shaw (We), Sarah Castle (Fl)Die Walkure: 1 DVD, PAL: Michael Weinius (Sm), Lee Bissett (Sl), James Creswell (H), Michael Druiett (W), Kelly Cae Hogan (B), SusanBickley (Fr)

Siegfried: 1DVD, NTSC: Lars Cleveman (S), Katherine Broderick (B), Bela Perencz (W),Richard Roberts (M), Jo Pohlheim (A), Mats Almgren (Ff), Claudia Huckle (E), Jeni Bern (Wd)Gotterdammerung: 1DVD, NTSC; Acts 1+2 only: Mati Turi (S), Kelly Cae Hogan (B),Mats Almgren (H), Andrew Foster-Williams (Gn), Giselle Allen (Gt), Jo Pohlhein (A), Susan Bickley (Wa), Fiona Kimm (N1), Heather Shipp (N2), Lee Bisset (N3), Jeni Bern (Wo), Madeleine Shaw (We),Sarah Castle (Fl)Note: Rheingold was recorded from BBC4TV; Walkure was recorded via the internet and suffers slight synchronization issues between sound and picture; Siegfried and Gotterdammerung were similarly recorded via the internet and are in NTSC; the quality suffers a little from the operas being contained on a single dvd each. We would be interested in hearing from anyone who is able to provide better quality copies. Especially the missing Act 3 of Gotterdammerung.

Bayreuth Festival 2016 conductor Marek JanowskiStage producer Frank CastorfSung in German, English subtitlesDas Rheingold. 1 DVD: Iain Paterson (W), Sarah Connolly (Fr), Caroline Wenbourne (Fe),Markus Eiche (D), Tansel Akzeybek (Fo), Roberto Sacca (L), Albert Dohmen (A), Andreas Conrad (M),Gunter Groissbock (Fs), Karl-Heinz Lehner (Ff), Alexandra Steiner (Wo), Stephanie Houtzeel (We), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Fl), Nadie Weissmann (E) Die Walküre: 2DVD: Christopher Ventris (Sm), Heidi Melton (Sl), Georg Zeppenfeld (H),John Lundgren (W), Catherine Foster (B), Sarah Connolly (Fr)Siegfried: 2DVD: Stefan Vinke (S), Catherine Foster (B), John Lundgren (W), Andreas Conrad (M),Albert Dohmen (A), Karl-Heinz Lehner (Ff), Nadine Weissmann (E)GoGötterdämmerung: 2DVD: Stefan Vinke (S), Catherine Foster (B), Markus Eiche (Gn), Allison Oakes (Gt),Albert Pesendorfer (H), Albert Dohmen (A), Marina Prudenskaya (Wa), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (N1, Fl), Stephanie Houtzeel (N2, We), Christiane Kohl (N3), Alexandra Steiner (Wo)

Das RheingoldWotan - (W) Fricka - (Fr) Freia - (Fe) Donner - (D) Froh - (Fo) Loge - (L) Alberich - (A) Mime - (M) Fasolt - (Fs) Fafner - (Ff) Woglinde - (Wo) Wellgunde - (We) Flosshilde - (Fl) Erda - (E)

Film verstion made in Munich in 1978 to a soundtrack of a performance from the Salzburg Easter Festival 1974 by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor and artistic director Herbert von Karajan, set and costume design Georges Wakhevitch1 VHS or 1 DVD (both PAL, no subtitles)Thomas Stewart (W), Briggite Fassbaender (Fr), Jeannine Altmeyer (Fe), Leif Roar (D), Hermin Esser (Fo), Peter Schreier (L), Zoltan Keleman (A), Gerhard Stolze (M), Karl Ridderbusch (acted by Gerd Nienstedt) (Fs), Louis Hendrikx (Ff), Eva Randova (Wo), Edda Moser (We), Liselotte Rebmann (Fl), Birgit Finillä (E)

San Francisco Opera 1985 conductor Edo de WaartProduction by Nikolaus Lehnhoff1 DVD, NTSC, EnglishJames Morris (W), Hanna Schwarz (Fr), Nancy Gustafson (Fe), John del Carlo (D), Walter MacNeil (Fo), Willliam Lewis (L), Walter Berry (A), Helmut Pampuch (M), Roland Bracht (Fs), James Patterson (Ff),Deborah Sasson (Wo), Jean Herzberg (We), Alexandra Hughes (Fl), Mariana Paunova (E)

Metropolitan Opera New York 1990 conductor James Levine.Producer Otto Schenk, designs Gunther Schneider-Siemssen1 VHS (PAL, no subtitles) or 1 DVD (NTSC, optional English subtitles)James Morris (W), Christa Ludwig (Fr), Mari-Anne Häggander (Fe), Alan Held (D), Mark Baker (Fo), Siegfried Jerusalem (L), Ekkerhard Wlaschiha (A), Heinz Zednick (M), Jan-Hendricke Rootering (Fs), Matti Salminen (Ff), Diane Kesling, Meraith Parsons, Kaaren Erickson (R’Mdns) Brigitta Svenden(E

Bavarian State Opera Munich 1990 conductor Wolfgang SawallischProducer Nikolaus Lehnhoff.1 VHS, English subtitlesRobert Hale (W), Marjana Lipovsek (Fr), Nancy Gustafson (Fe), Florian Gens (D), Joseph Hoppenweiser

(Fo), Robert Tear (L), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A), Helmut Pampuch (M), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fs), Kurt Moll (Ff), Julie Kaufmann (Wo), Angela Marie Blasi (We), Birgit Calm (Fl), Hanna Schwarz (E)

Stuttgart State Opera 2002 conductor Lothar Zagrosek.Producer Harry Kupfer1 DVD, PAL, English subtitlesWolfgang Probst (W), Michaela Schuster (Fr), Helga Ros Indridadottir (Fe), Motti Kaston (D), Bernhard Schneider (Fo), Robert Kunzl (L), Esa Ruuttunen (A), Ebehard Francesco Lorenz (M), Roland Bracht (Fs), Philip Entz (Ff), Mette Ejsing (E), Catriona Smith (Wo), Maria Theresa Ullrich (We), Margarete Joswig (Fl)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conductor Sir Simon Rattle, Baden-Baden 21st August 2004Concert performance1 DVD, PAL, no subtitles Willard White (W), Yvonne Naef (Fr), Geraldine McGreevy (Fe), James Rutherford (D), Timothy Robinson (Fo), Kim Begley (L), Oleg Bryjak (A), Roib Leggate (M), Peter Rose (Fs), Robert Lloyd (Ff), Anna Larsson (E), Kate Royal (Wo), Karen England (We), Christine Rice (Fl)

Covent Garden 2004 conductor Antonio PappanoProducer Keith Warner1 DVD, PAL, English subtitlesBryn Terfel (W), Rosalind Plowright (Fr), Günter von Kannen (A), Philip Langridge (L),Gerhard Siegel (M), Philip Es (Ff), Franz-Josef Selig (Fs), Emily Magee (Fe), James Rutherford (D)Will Hartmann (Fo), Jane Henschel (E), Sarah Fox (Wo), Heather Shipp (We), Liora Grodnikaite (Fl)

Valencia March 2007 conductor Zubin MehtaProduction by La Fura dels Baus1 DVD, PAL, English subtitles Juha Uusitalo (W), Anna Larsson (Fr), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (A), John Daszak (L),Gerhard Siegel (M), Stephen Milling (Ff), Matti Salminen (Fs), Sabina on Walther (Fe), Ilya Bannik (D)German Villar (Fo), Christa Mayer (E), Sylvia Vazquez (Wo), Ann-Katrin Naidu (We), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Fl)

La Scala Milan 26th May 2010 conductor Daniel BarenboimProduction by Guy Cassiers1 DVD, NTSC, German subtitles Rene Pape (W), Doris Soffel (Fr), Johannes Martin Kranzle (A), Stephan Rugamer (L), Wolfgang Ablinger-Speerhacke (M), Kwangchul Youn (Ff), Tigran Martirossian (Fs), Anna Samuil (Fe),Jan Buchwald (D), Marco Jentzsch (Fo), Anna Larsson (E), Aga Mikolaj (Wo), Maria Gortsevskaya (We), Marina Prudenskaya (Fl)

Die WalküreSiegmund - (Sm) Sieglinde - (Sl) Hunding - (H) Wotan - (W) Brünnhilde - (B) Fricka - (F)Bayreuth Festival in Osaka 1967 conductor Thomas Schippers1 DVD, NTSC, no subtitlesPicture quality is a little hazy at times, sound slightly recessed, but this provides an amazingly rare chance to see a complete Wieland Wagner staging of a Ring opera, and an even more amazingly rare chance to experience Anja Silja`s Brunnhilde.Jess Thomas (Sm), Helga Dernesch (Sl), Gerd Nienstedt (H), Theo Adam (W),Anja Silja (B), Grace Hoffmann (Fr)

Bayreuth Festival 1980 conductor Pierre Boulez2DG DVD (NTS, subtitles)Peter Hoffman (Sm), Jeannine Altmeyer (Sl), Matti Salminen (H), Donald McIntyre (W), Gwyneth Jones (B), Hanna Schwarz (Fr) + "The Making of the Ring" documentary.

San Francisco Opera 1985 conductor Edo de WaartProduction by Nikolaus Lenhoff1 DVD, NTSC, no subtitlesPeter Hofmann (Sm), Jeannine Altmeyer (Sl), John Tomlinson (H), James Morris (W),

Gwynneth Jones (B), Helga Dernesch (Fr)Picture quality is a little wobbly at the top of the screen

New York Metropolitan Opera 1989, conductor James Levine Producer Otto Schenk, designs Gunther Schneider-Siemssen1VHS, PAL, or 2 DVD, NTSC, (all with English subtitles)Gary Lakes (Sm) Jessye Norman (Sl) Kurt Moll (H) James Morris (W) Hildegard Behrens (B)Christa Ludwig (Fr)

Bavarian State Opera, Munich, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, 19912VHS, PALRobert Schunk (Sm) Julia Varady (Sl) Kurt Moll (H) Robert Hale (W) Hildegard Behrens (B) Marjana Lipovsek (Fr)

La Scala Milan 1994 conductor Riccardo Muti 1 DVD, PAL, occasional Italian subtitled paraphrases Placido Domingo (Sm), Waltraud Meier (Sl), Matthias Hölle (H), Monte Pederson (W),Gabriele Schnaut (B), Marjana Lipovsek (Fr)

Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, conductor Jeffrey Tate, 19961 VHS, PAL, Spanish subtitles, mono sound, picture a little wobbly Paul Frey (Sm), Mechthild Gessendorf (Sl), Kurt Moll (H), Clayton Brainerd (W), Nadine Secunde (B),Birgitta Svenden (Fr)

Stuttgart State Opera conductor Lothar ZagrosekDirector Christopher Nel2DVD, PAL, English subtitlesRoberrt Gambill (Sm) Angela Denoke (Sl) Attila Jun (H) Jan-Hendrik Rootering (W) Renate Behle (B) Tichina Vaughn (Fr)

Covent Garden March 2005 conductor Antonio PappanoProducer Keith Warner3 DVD, PAL, English subtitlesJorma Silvasti (Sm), Katarina Dalayman (Sl), Stephen Milling (H), Bryn Terfel (W), Lisa Gasteen (B),Rosalind Plowright (Fr)

Royal Opera Orchestra conductor Antonio Pappano, Proms 18th July 2005Concert performance3 DVD, PAL, English subtitlesPlacido Domingo (Sm), Waltraud Meier (Sl), Eric Halfvarson (H), Bryn Terfel (W), Lisa Gasteen (B),Rosalind Plowright (Fr)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Sir Simon Rattle, Aix-en-Provence Festival 5th July 20071 DVD, PAL, German subtitles (picture quality 2nd-rate)Robert Gambill (Sm), Eva-Marie Westbroek (Sl), Mikhail Petrenko (H), Willard White (W),Eva Johansson (B), Lili Paasikivi (Fr)

Teatro Reine Sofia Valencia conductor Zubin Mehta, 2008Production by La Fura dels Baus3 DVDs or single-disc version, PAL, German subtitles Peter Sieffert (Sm), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sl), Matti Salminen (H), Juha Uusitalo (W),Jennifer Wilson (B), Anna Larsson (Fr)

La Scala Milan conductor Daniel Barenboim, 7th December 2010Production by Guy Cassiers1 DVD, NTSC, French subtitles Simon O`Neill (Sm), Waltraud Meier (Sl), John Tomlinson (H), Vitalij Kowalkow (W), Nina Stemme (B),

Ekaterina Gubanova (Fr)

Dresden Staatskapelle conductor Christian Thielemann, Salzburg 8th April 2017Production by Vera Nemiroa, based on the 1967 Gunther Schneider-Siemssen production2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitles Peter Seiffert (Sm), Anja Harteros (Sl), Georg Zeppenfeld (H), Vitalij Kowalkow (W), Anja Kampe (B), Christa Mayer (Fr)

SiegfriedSiegfried - (S) Brünnhilde - (B) Wanderer - (W) Mime - (M) Alberich - (A) Fafner - (F) Woodbird - (Wd) Erda - (E)

San Francisco Opera 1985, conductor Edo de WaartProducer Nikolaus Lenhoff1DVD, NTSC, no subtitlesRene Kollo (S), Eva Marton (B), Thomas Stewart (W), Helmut Pamuch (M)Walter Berry (A), James Patterson (Ff), Hanna Schwarz (E), Cheryl Parrish (Wd)

Metropolitan Opera New York, conductor James LevineProducer Otto Schenk, designs Gunther Schneider-Siemssen2VHS, PAL, English subtitlesSiegfried Jerusalem (S), Hildegard Behrens (B), James Morris (W), Heinz Zednik (M)Ekkerhard Wlaschiha (A

Scottish Opera Edinburgh Festival 2002, conductor Richard ArmstrongDirector Tim Albery 1 VHS or 2 DVDs, both PAL, English subtitles,Graham Sanders (S), Elizabeth Byrne (B), Matthew Best (W), Alasdair Elliot (M), Peter Sidhom (A), Markus Hollop (Ff), Helena Ranada (E), Gillian Keith (Wd)

Stuttgart State Opera 2002, conductor Lothar ZagrosekDirector Jossi Wieler 1 DVD, PAL, English subtitles Jon Fredric West (S), Lisa Gasteen (B), Wolfgang Schone (W), Heinz Gohrig (M ), Bjorn Waag (A), Attila Jun (Ff), Helena Ranada (E), Gabriela Herrera (Wd)

Royal Opera Covent Garden 2006, conductor Antonio PappanoDirector Keith Warner 3DVDs, PAL, English subtitlesJohn Treleaven (S), Lisa Gasteen (B), John Tomlinson (W), Gerhard Siegel (M), Peter Sidhom (A), Philip Ens (Ff), Jane Henschel (E), Sarah Fox (Wd)

Teatro Reine Sofia Valencia 2008 c Zubin MehtaProduction by La Fura dels Baus 3DVDs, PAL, German subtitles Lance Ryan (S), Jennifer Wilson (B), Juha Uusitalo (W), Gerhard Siegel (M), Franz-Josef Kappellmann (A), Stephen Milling (Ff), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (E), Marina Zyatkova (Wd)

GötterdämmerungSiegfried - (S) Brünnhilde - (B) Hagen - (H) Alberich - (A) Gunther - (Gn) Gutrune - (Gt) Waltraute - (W) Norns 1-3 - (N1-N3) Woglinde - (Wo) Wellgunde - (We) Flosshilde - (Fl)

San Francisco Opera 1985 conductor Edo de Waart

Producer Nikolaus Lehnhoff2DVD, NTSC, no subtitlesRene Kollo (S), Eva Marton (B), John Tomlinson (H), Walter Berry (A), Michael Devlin (Gn),Kathryn Bouleyn (Gt, N3), Helga Dernesch (W, N2), Deborah Sasson (Wo), Jean Herzberg (We), Alexandra Hughes (Fl), Mariana Paunova (N1)

Metropolitan Opera New York, conductor James LevineProducer Otto Schenk, designs Gunther Schneider-Siemssen2VHS, English subtitlesSiegfried Jerusalem (S), Hildegard Behrens (B), Matti Salminen(H), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A), Anthony Raffel (Gn), Hanna Lisowska (Gt), Christa Ludwig (W)

Bayreuth 1997 conductor James LevineStage producer Alfred Kirchner, stage design and costumes Rosalie,2DVD, PAL, no subtitles; the only part of the Kirchner/Rosalie/Levine “Ring” to have been filmedWolfgang Schmidt (S), Deborah Polaski (B), Eric Halfvarson (H), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A), Falk Struckmann (Gn), Anne Schwanewilms (Gt), Hanna Schwartz (W), Birgitte Svenden (N1), Yvonne Naef (N2), Frances Ginzer (N3), Joyce Guyer (Wo), Sarah Fryer (We), Jane Turner (Fl)

Stuttgart State Opera 2003 conductor Lothar ZagrosekDirector Peter Konwitschny 1DVD, PAL, Eenglish subtitles Albert Bonemma (S) Luana de Vol (B) Roland Bracht (H) Hermann Iturralde (Gn) Eva-Maria Westbroek (Gt) Franz-Josef Kapellmann (A) Tichina Vaughn (Wa) Janet Collins (N1) Lani Poulson (N2) Sue Patchell (N3) Helga Ros Indridadottir (Wo) Sarah Castle (We) Janet Collins (Fl)

Royal Opera Covent Garden 2006, conductor Antonio Pappano; Director Keith Warner3DVDs, PAL, English subtitlesJohn Treleaven (S), Lisa Gasteen (B), John Tomlinson (H), Peter Coleman-Wright (Gn), Emily Magee (Gt) Peter Sidhom (A), Mihoko Fujimura (Wa), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (N1), Yvonne Howard (N2), Marina Poplavskaya (N3), Sarah Fox (Wo), Heather Shipp (We), Sarah Castle (Fl)

Teatro Reine Sofia Valencia 2009 c Zubin MehtaProduction by La Fura dels Baus 3DVDs, PAL, German subtitles Lance Ryan (S), Jennifer Wilson (B), Matti Salminen (H), Ralf Lukas (Gn), Elisabeta Matos (Gt) Franz Josef Kapellman (A), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Wa), Daniela Denschslag (N1), Pilar Vazquez (N2), Eugene Bethencourt (N3), Sylvia Vazquez (Wo), Ann-Katrin Naidu (We), Marina Prudenskaya (Fl)

Aix-en-Provence Festival 6th July 2009 c Sir Simon Rattle2DVDs, NTSC, French subtitles Ben Heppner (S), Katarina Dalayman (B), Mikhail Petrenko (H), Gerd Grochowski (Gn), Emma Vetter (Gt) Dale Duesing (A), Anne Sofie von Otter (Wa), Maria Radner (N1), Lilli Paasikivi (N2), Mirand Keys (N3), Anna Siminska (Wo), Eva Vogel (We), Maria Radner (Fl)

ParsifalParsifal - (P) Amfortas - (A) Gurnemanz - (G) Kundry - (Ku) Klingsor - (Kl) Titurel - (T)

Bayreuth Festival 1981 conductor Horst SteinStage producer / designer Wolfgang Wagner;2 VHS or 2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesSiegfried Jerusalem (P), Bernd Weikl (A), Hans Sotin (G), Eva Randova (Ku), Leif Roar (Kl),Matti Salminen (T)

Grand Theatre Geneva 1982 c Horst Stein1VHS or 1DVD, PAL, French subtitles. (Multi-generation copy. First part of Prelude missing)Jon Vickers (P), Tom Krause (A), Peter Meven (G), Yvonne Minton (Ku), Franz Mazura (Kl),Kurt Rydl (T)

Bayreuth 1998 conductor Giuseppe SinopoliStage producer / designer Wolfgang Wagner; 2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesPoul Elming (P), Falk Struckmann (A), Hans Sotin (G), Linda Watson (Ku), Ekkerhard Wlaschiha (Kl), Matthias Höller (T)

Baden-Baden 2004 conductor Kent NaganoStage producer / designer Nikolaus Lehnhoff; 3 DVDs, PAL, English subtitles; includes 40 min documentary “Parsifal` Progress”Christopher Ventris (P), Thomas Hampson (A), Matti Salminen (G), Waltraud Meier (Ku), Tom Fox (Kl), Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (T)

La Fenice Venice March 2005 conductor Gabor OtvösStage producer Sergio Segalini, design Denis Krief 3 DVDs, NTSC, English subtitlesRichard Decker (P), Wolfgang Schöne (A), Matthias Hölle (G), Doris Soffel (Ku), Mikolaj Zalasinski (Kl), Ulurich Dunnebach (T)

Bayreuth 11th August 2012 conductor Philippe JordanStage producer Stefan Herheim 2 DVDs, PAL, no subtitlesBurkhard Fritz (P), Detlef Roth (A), Kwangchul Youn (G), Susan Maclean (Ku), Thomas Jesatko (Kl),Guido Jentjens (T)

Salzburg 23rd March 2013 conductor Christian ThielemannStage producer Michael Schultz 2 DVDs, PAL, German subtitlesJohan Botha (P), Wolfgang Koch (A), Stephen Milling (G), Michaela Schuster (Ku), Wolfgang Koch (Kl),Milcho Borovinoc (T)

Bayreuth Festival c Hartmut Haenchen, 25th July 20162 DVDs, PAL, German subtitles - audio version also availableKlaus Florian Vogt (P), Ryan McKinny (A), Georg Zeppenfeld (G), Elena Pankratova (Ku),Gerd Grochowski (Kl), Karl-Heinz Lehner

Miscellaneous DVDs

“Wagner”:3DVDs, NTSC: Tony Palmer`s film biopic starring Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Lawrence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, and a cast of thousands. Photographed by Vittorio Storaro, with music conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Total running time 7hrs 46 minues.

“The Golden Ring”:1DVD: 1960s BBC Documentary about the Solti Gotterdammerung recording.

“The Making of the Ring”;1DVD: behind-the-scenes documentary about the Chereau/Boulez Ring. 52 mins, in English

Wagner 200 Birthday concertBayreuth Festival Orchestra c Christian ThielemannFestspielhaus Bayreuth, 22nd May 2013 Eva-Maria Westbroek, Johan Botha, Kwangchul YounDie Walkure Act 1, Tristan Prelude and Liebestod, Siegfried`s Rhine Journey & Funeral March, Die Meistersinger Prelude1 DVD, PAL, German subtitles

Wagner 200 Birthday concertDresden Staatskapelle c Christian ThielemannSemperoper Dresden, 21st May 2013 Jonas KaufmannDer fliegende Hollander Overture, A Faust Overture, “Allmacht`ger Vater” + Rienzi Overture, Lohengrin Act 1 & Grail Narration, Henze Fraternite- Air pour l`orchestre, “Imbrunst im Herzen” + Tannhauser overture, Einzug der Gaste.2cds – full concert1 dvd – omits Einzug der Gaste from Tannhauser

Toscanini conducts Wagner – 2dvdsDisc 1:- NBCSO, rec 20 March 2948: Lohengrin Act 3 prelude, Tannhauser Overture & Bacchanale, Siegfried Act 2 Forest Murmurs, Gotterdammerung Dawn & Siegfried`s Rhine Journey, Walkure Ride of the Walkure.

Disc 2:- NBCSO, rec 29 Dec 1951; NTSC: Lohengrin Act 1 prelude, Siegfried Act 2 Forest Murmurs, Tristan Prelude & Liebestod, Gotterdammerung Siegfried`s Death & Funeral March, Walkure Ride of the Walkure.

Historical Wagner excerpts – 1dvdDie Meistersinger Overture: Berlin State Opera Orchestra c Leo Blech, 1932Tannhauser Overture: Dresden State Opera Orchestra c Fritz Busch, 1932/33Gotterdammerung Act 1 rehearsal excerpts: Frida Leider, Max Lorenz, Jaro Prohaska, Bayreuth Festival c Karl Elmendorff, 1933 Die Meistersinger excerpts: Wilhelm Rode, Torsten Ralf, Berlin Deutsche Opera c Karl Bohm, rec 15.11.35 (German newsreel)Die Meistersinger Overture: Berlin Staatskapelle c Herbert von Karajan, 24.5.41 (French newsreel)Die Meistersinger Overture: Berlin Philharmonic c Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin 26.4.42Die Meistersinger finale: Bayreuth Festival 1943 c Herman Abendroth or Wilhelm Furtwangler(German newsreel)Die Meistersinger Overture: New York Philharmonic, 11.9.46Die Meistersinger Overture: Berlin Philharmonic c Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin 1951Brief rehearsal clips from Bayreuth c Hans Knappertsbusch, Andre Cluytens, Karl Bohm, Carlos Kleiber

DVD COLLECTIONS - all PAL format DVDs

Volume 1Die Walkure Act 1. Concert performance conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch. Wiener Festwoche 1963 recorded in black & white at the Theater an der Wien. Fritz Uhl (Sm), Claire Watson (Sl), Josef Greindl (H). Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. 1hr 11mins.

John Tomlinson – South Bank Show Special. A TV profile of the British singer, centred around his performance in the 1994-8 Bayreuth Ring staged by Alfred Kirchner and conducted by James Levine. Includes interviews and excerpts. In English, no subtitles.

Jeffrey Tate in Paris. A TV profile of the production of the Ring staged by Pierre Strosser for the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, 1993, conducted by Jeffrey Tate. Basically in German and French, but includes much interview material with Tate in English. Shown on German TV Autumn 1998.

Volume 2

”The Legend of Parsifal". A film by Tony Palmer, with Placido DomingoVioletta Urmana, Matti Salminen, and the Chorus & Orchestra of the Maryinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, conductor Valery Gergiev. Dubbed

German voice over the original English - no subtitles.

"Anja Silja" A profile based around her performance as the Nurse in Strauss's Die Frau Ohne Schatten in Paris but including a biographic section including video excerpts from her early career and fascinating clips of her Senta (Bayreuth 1960) Eva (Bayreuth 1963) and Brunnhilde (Osaka 1967) as well as other operas by Mozart, Verdi, Berg, Janacek. In German - no subtitles."Gabriele Schnaut" A profile set around rehearsals for the Ring in Hamburg but including clips from various roles. In German - no subtitles.

"Wagner." A silent film about the life of Wagner, directed in 1913 by Carl Froelich and with Giuseppe Becce as Wagner.

Volume 3

Musik Kontakte – Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung.Three programmes from German TV (no English subtitles) in which Gerd Albrecht introduces an audience of young people to Rheingold Scene 3, Walküre Act 2, and Götterdämmerung Act 3 scene 2. Each programme features the conductor introducing elements of the music and action, with singers accompanied by a piano, followed by a complete staging of that same scene in the Hamburg State Opera production. Featured artists include Heinz Kruse as Siegfried, Carla Pohl as Brunnhilde.

Waldbühne Concert 1997: James Levine conducts the BPO and Ben Heppner in a concert of Wagner excerpts recorded at the open-air Waldbühne in Berlin, 1997 Das Liebesmahl der Apostel: A concert performance with Hans Vonk conducting the Berlin Rundfunk Chorus, the Dresden State Opera Chorus, and the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, recorded at the Dresden Kulturpalast in 1983. Sung in German, no subtitles. “Operavox - Das Rheingold”: An animated half-hour film of Das Rheingold, with music by Welsh National Opera forces includeing Philip Joll and Janice Watson.

Volume 4

“Wagner and the Ring”. Documentary film by Richard Coles.“A Stagehand`s View of Wagner”. Behind-the scenes at the San Francisco opera.“Götterdämmerung” excerpts. Anne Evans, BBC National Orchestra of Wales c Tadaaki Otaka, Proms 1994

“Bayreuth Primadonnas”. Birgit Nilsson, Martha Mödl, and Astrid Varnay reminiscing together. In German, no subtitles.

“Michael Portillo`s Wagner. Documentary film by Michael Portillo.

Volume 5

Die Walküre Act 3. Semi-staged performance conducted by Paul Daniel, recorded at the Glastonbury Festival 2004. Fritz Uhl (Sm), Claire Watson (Sl), Josef Greindl (H).The Bayreuth 2000 Ring. German TV documentary about the Jurgen Flimm staging 2000-2004. In German, no subtitles.Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Act 3. Recorded at the Berlin Staatsoper in 1981, staging by Werner Kelch. Otmar Suitner conducts. Spas Wenkoff (W), Theo Adam (S), Celestina Casapietra (E), Annelies Burmeister (M), Peter Schreier (D), Siegfried Vogel (B). Sung in German, no subtitles.

Volume 6“Hitler and the Wagner Family”. BBC4 documentary based around the association between Winifred

Wagner and the Third Reich.

Volume 7“Bayreuth – Götterdämmerung” and “Götterdämmerung in Bayreuth”.2 German TV documentaries re the Bayreuth Festival succession from Wolfgang Wagner to Eva Wagner-Pasquier and Katharina Wagner.“Hitler`s Siegfried – Max Lorenz”.UK TV documentary, some German dialogue (subtitled)“The Wagner Family”.Tony Palmer film shown on The South Bank Show 13.9.09

Volume 8“Pappano`s Essential Ring Guide”.Sir Antonio Pappano talks through the Ring with excerpts from the Covent Garden staging. “Das ungeliebteFrhwerk”.German TV lecture about Wagner`s early works, given by Prof Dr Laurenz Lütteken of Zurich University; Includes a performance of “Der Tannenbaum”, “Die Soldaten”, “Bauer unter der Linde”, “Brandners Lied”, and Luzio`s “Karnevalslied” from Das Liebesverbot in German, no subtitles“Schönbrunn Concert 2013”Lorin Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic play Wagner excerpts

“Goodbye George”92-minute recording of a 1985 gala celebration for the retirement from ENO of Lord Harewood; staged excerpts from various operas including Gwynne Howell in the “Wahn, Wahn” monologue from Act 3 of Die Meistersinger, conduced by Reginald Goodall, and Jessye Norman singing “Dich teure Halle” from Tannhauser. Also includes excerpts from various other operas by Charpentier, Rossini, Dvorak, Bellini, Lehar, Verdi and others I do not recognize.

“The Quest for Reginald Goodall” 62-minute film presented by Humphrey Burton, including rehearsal excerpts from Die Walkure.

Video Collections Volume 1Die Walkure Act 1. Concert performance conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch. Wiener Festwoche 1963 recorded in black & white at Theater an der Wien. Fritz Uhl (Sm), Claire Watson (Sl), Josef Greindl (H), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Rosalie - The way to the Green Hill. A TV profile of the Stuttgart artist Rosalie, centred around her designs for the 1994-8 Bayreuth Ring staged by Alfred Kirchner. Includes interviews and excerpts from all four Ring operas. In German, no subtitles. Shown on German TV Autumn 1998

Jeffrey Tate in Paris. A TV profile of the production of the Ring staged by Pierre Strosser for the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, 1993, conducted by Jeffrey Tate. Basically in German and French, but includes much interview material with Tate in English. Shown on German TV Autumn 1998

Volume 2"The Legend of Parsifal". A film by Tony Palmer, with Placido DomingoVioletta Urmana, Matti Salminen, the chorus & orchestra of the Maryinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, conductor Valery Gergiev. Dubbed German voice over the original English - no subtitles. NB – one borrowed reported playback difficulties with this title.

"Anja Silja." A profile based around her performance as the Nurse in Strauss's Die Frau Ohne Schatten in Paris, but including a biographic section including video excerpts from her early career and fascinating clips of her Senta (Bayreuth 1960), Eva (Bayreuth 1963), and Brunnhilde (Osaka 1967), as well as other operas by Mozart, Verdi, Berg, Janacek. In German - no subtitles.

"Gabriele Schnaut." A profile set around rehearsals for the Ring in Hamburg but including clips from various roles. In German - no subtitles.

Arturo Toscanini conducts WagnerLohengrin Act 3 prelude, Tannhäuser Overture & Bacchanale, Dawn & Siegfried`s Rhine Journey from “Götterdämmerung”, and the Ride of the Valkyries. NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini, rec Studio 8H New York, 20th March 1948.

Kurt Masur conducts Wagner NTSC formatTannhauser Overture, Wesendonck-Lieder, Tristan Prelude + Liebestod, Die Meistersinger Act 1 prelude + excerpts;Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur, with Karan Armstrong + Theo Adam Recorded at the Neues Gewandhaus Leipzig, 1987/8.