Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung
I enjoy Die Walküre the most.
2007-10-19 11:56:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
it would have to be Die Walkure .... I particularly loved the time I saw it with Domingo and Voight
in Paris, France in the early 1960s when I was about 8 years old my older brother and I decided it was time we saw a live opera ... we had seen the movies available at that time and wanted to see it live ... the only one we could get tickets for was Die Walkure I will never forget that night ... we actually stayed awake for the whole opera then had to walk to our grandmother's home
EDIT for Lynn of course I didn't see them in the early 60s I saw Domingo and Voight at the MET ... would have loved to have seen Vickers and Janis Martin (didn't get to see her often enough)
2007-10-19 12:32:56 · answer #1 · answered by toutvas bien 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'll also go for Walküre, just because I love singing the part of Sieglinde so much.
When I as a studeent I had the opportunity to see this at the San Francisco Opera in the 70s with Jon Vickers as Siegmund, and Janis Martin as Sieglinde. I'll even boast my gnorance and say i forget who san gWotan or Brunnhilde, simply becasue these two were so great!
(Uh, toutvas bien, I don't think Domingo and Voight were up to singing Wagner in the 60s, sure you don't mean the 80s?)
Siegfried depends so much on the staging to get it away from being slapstick comedy. Even if your tenor is having a good night of it, the surrounding cast can make things unfortunately funny.
2007-10-19 20:35:40 · answer #2 · answered by lynndramsop 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think just about everyone likes Walkure the most.
My personal favorite is Gotterdammerung, despite the long parts where little is happening. To me, it has the most intense emotions and it's the point where all the themes that have been developed throughout he entire cycle come together and change with eh changing emotions and attitudes of the characters. You can't beat the music in the immolation scene!
2007-10-19 16:17:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Siegfried. Odd really, as for years I really struggled to even like it - but it really does have some of the most beautiful, and initiative music in the Ring. Although I think many people struggle with it because they hear it first in Solti's cycle and here it really has the worst use of audio effects in the whole recording of the Ring - at least in my opinion. A far different opera under other conductors. Karajan's cycle in particular brings something different to it. But then he does to the whole cycle in-truth.
2007-10-20 04:59:27 · answer #4 · answered by mag m 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok, first off, the Ring Cycle is not made of separate cycles. It is one cycle with four operas.
Die Walkure was the one I was first introduced to. I have yet to watch all of them, though Dad has stated he would not mind having the entire set on DVD.
2007-10-20 16:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by Shadowfaxw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Die Walkure. Not only is it very dramatic, the music is magnificent, and not just for the "Ride of the Walkure"; Wotan's farewell and Magic Fire Music are superb. http://youtube.com/watch?v=qzJ73Dp7Sx4
2007-10-21 18:16:50 · answer #6 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Die Valkyrie hands down. It is one of the most recognizable recordings ever made.
2007-10-19 13:29:09 · answer #7 · answered by TAZ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)
2007-10-19 12:01:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋