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VIEW POINTS, Page 69MUSICThose Valkyries Ride Again
First broadcast on four consecutive evenings in June 1990, the
Metropolitan Opera's RING OF THE NIBELUNG was a high-toned TV
spectacular that swept up viewers in the passion and power of
Wagner's masterpiece. Now Deutsche Grammophon has released the
complete home-video version, on both VHS and Laserdisc, as well
as a new recording of Siegfried, the final installment of
conductor James Levine's separate CD Ring. With largely the same
star cast, including Hildegard Behrens as Brunnhilde and James
Morris as Wotan (Reiner Goldberg sings the role of Siegfried on
the CD, while Siegfried Jerusalem plays Wagner's hero on the
video), the twin projects stand or fall on Levine's
contribution, and the Met's longtime music director rises to the
occasion. Levine views the Ring through a glass, darkly; the
music broods and ruminates, heading inexorably (but sometimes
oh so slowly!) toward its literally earth-shattering conclusion.
The video is subtitled so that viewers can easily follow the
often labyrinthine plot. Is it too much to ask that the Met use
supertitles in real life?
By Michael Walsh.