Unitel and Classica Present DES NIBELUNGEN

Unitel and Classica present

RICHARD WAGNER

Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Valencia La Fura dels Baus Zubin Mehta D D IE L W O A G L N K I Ü E der R H objects such as Valhalla (in this “Ring” production). In- E R deed, La Fura was predestined for Wagner’s visionary RING world: his dream of a Gesamtkunstwerk becomes re- ality as a shape-shifting sequence of tableaux unfolds S des Nibelungen before our eyes with all the elements that constitute the “lenguaje furero” or “Fura idiom”. A “This production quite possibly shows us the path that Eminent conductor Zubin Mehta leads world-class musical theater will be taking in the future” (Die Zeit). Wagner singers such as Matti Salminen, Peter Seiffert, Indeed, the Spanish city of Valencia is setting new ac- Juha Uusitalo, Jennifer Wilson and Lance Ryan. Most cents in 21st-century opera not only with its spectacu- prominent among the younger cast members are Jen- D lar, futuristic opera house, the Palau de les Arts “Reina nifer Wilson, a “singer we’ll be hearing more of” (Frank-

Sofía” designed by Santiago Calatrava, but also with furter Allgemeine Zeitung) and Juha Uusitalo, whom G the visually transfixing production of Wagner’s “Ring” the F.A.Z. hailed as a new “Number One among the

staged there by Carlus Padrissa and his theater group opera gods”. Equally outstanding is the Orquestra de la La Fura dels Baus. The Barcelona-based Fura became Comunitat Valenciana, one of the “youngest and best Ö known internationally when it designed and carried opera orchestras in Europe” (Opernglas), playing “with

out the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Barcelona rapturous beauty under Zubin Mehta. […] The supple- Olympics, and made its breakthrough in the classical ness, rhythmic presence and singer-friendly dynamic T world with its production of Berlioz’s “La damnation de that Mehta achieves with this orchestra are nothing less Faust” at the 1999 Salzburg Festival. than miraculous” (F.A.Z.).

The Fura’s trademark is its spellbinding fusion of move- In addition UNITEL offers a “Making of ” to each of the T

ment, sound, music, dance, acrobatics and technology four Ring operas, as well as documentaries on set de- into unforgettable stage events of sometimes raw but signer Roland Olbeter, video designer Franc Aleu and E

always captivating power. In the world of opera, the director Carlus Padrissa. ensemble has defined its personal style through its R With this Ring from Valencia UNITEL continues its

exploitation of large-screen projections, the extraordi-

cycles of Ring productions begun with the “Centen- nary mobility of the performers, and the magical use of D

nial Ring” of Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Boulez of the

human beings to create organic structures that evoke late 70s/early 80s, and followed by the Harry Kupfer/

Daniel Barenboim production of the early 90s, both in Ä

D Bayreuth.

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Cat.no A93001728

RING DIE WALKÜRE (243') des Nibelungen Siegmund PETER SEIFFERT Hunding MATTI SALMINEN Wotan JUHA UUSITALO Sieglinde PETRA MARIA SCHNITZER Conducted by Brünnhilde JENNIFER WILSON Fricka ANNA LARSSON Zubin Mehta Cat.no: A93001727 Orchestra Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana SIEGFRIED (256') Chorus Siegfried LANCE RYAN Brünnhilde JENNIFER WILSON Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana The Wanderer JUHA UUSITALO Mime GERHARD SIEGEL Alberich FRANZ-JOSEF KAPELLMANN Staged by Erda CATHERINE WYN-ROGERS La Fura dels Baus Cat. no. A93001743 Stage Director Carlus Padrissa GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (286') Video Creator Siegfried LANCE RYAN Gunther RALF LUKAS Franc Aleu Hagen MATTI SALMINEN alberich FRANZ-JOSEF KAPELLMANN Brünnhilde JENNIFER WILSON Gutrune ELISABETE MATOS Stage Design Waltraute CATHERINE WYN-ROGERS Roland Olbeter Cat. no. A93001742 Costume Design Chu Uroz THE MAKING OF THE RING (4×27') Video Director Das Rheingold Die Walküre siegfried Götterdämmerung Tiziano Mancini PORTRAITS Carlus Padrissa (17') Franc Aleu (16') Roland Olbeter (46') A production of UNITEL and PALAU DE LES ARTS “REINA SOFÍA” Valencia Intendant: Helga Schmidt in co-production with CLASSICA in cooperation with ZDF/3sat and ZDFtheaterkanal shot in HDTV 1080 Design: luebbeke.com