Eva Johansson

The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold (1991)

PRELIMINARY EVENINING OF THE RING CYCLE. Upon the banks of the ageless river Rhine, the Rhinemaidens play. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, tries vainly to seduce one of them. To taunt him, they reveal their secret: out of the gold they guard one can forge a Ring to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Kupfer
CAST:  John Tomlinson  •  Bodo Brinkmann  •  Kurt Schreibmayer  •  Graham Clark

PRELIMINARY EVENINING OF THE RING CYCLE. Upon the banks of the ageless river Rhine, the Rhinemaidens play. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, tries vainly to seduce one of them. To taunt him, they reveal their secret: out of the gold they guard one can forge a Ring to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Kupfer
CAST:  John Tomlinson  •  Bodo Brinkmann  •  Kurt Schreibmayer  •  Graham Clark

The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure (1992)

FIRST DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. Fleeing for his life, Siegmund seeks shelter at Sieglinde's house. Her husband Hunding happens to be one of Siegmund's pursuers, and the two of them must cross swords the next day. As Siegmund laments his lack of a weapon, Sieglinde ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Kupfer
CAST:  Poul Elming  •  Nadine Secunde  •  Matthias Hölle  •  John Tomlinson

FIRST DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. Fleeing for his life, Siegmund seeks shelter at Sieglinde's house. Her husband Hunding happens to be one of Siegmund's pursuers, and the two of them must cross swords the next day. As Siegmund laments his lack of a weapon, Sieglinde ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Kupfer
CAST:  Poul Elming  •  Nadine Secunde  •  Matthias Hölle  •  John Tomlinson

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DIRECTION:  Brian Large  •  Götz Friedrich
CAST:  Wolfgang Brendel  •  Victor von Halem  •  David Griffith  •  Barry McDaniel

The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996)

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Herzog
CAST:  Norbert Balatsch  •  Daniel Barenboim  •  Plácido Domingo  •  Dieter Dorn

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Herzog
CAST:  Norbert Balatsch  •  Daniel Barenboim  •  Plácido Domingo  •  Dieter Dorn

Die Walküre (2008)

Simon Rattle conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in Stepháne Braunschweig's production of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre. A Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2007 production, in coproduction with Osterfestspiele Salzburg. Directed for HDTV and video by Don Kent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Kent
CAST:  Eva Johansson  •  Willard White  •  Eva-Maria Westbroek  •  Robert Gambill

Simon Rattle conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in Stepháne Braunschweig's production of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre. A Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2007 production, in coproduction with Osterfestspiele Salzburg. Directed for HDTV and video by Don Kent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Kent
CAST:  Eva Johansson  •  Willard White  •  Eva-Maria Westbroek  •  Robert Gambill