We don't get many Ring cycles on telly over here. The first one I saw was the Boulez Bayreuth festival version of ?1984. It had Gwyneth Jones as a rather peaky-looking Brunnhilde and Manfred Jung as a not very handsome Siegfried. And the costumes were dire! Lounge suits and a spear just don't go together. But Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegmund made it all worthwhile, and I remember the two Wolsung twins were at it on the stage as the curtain fell, which was quite risque!! The Valkyries were also lugging about 'corpses', which was a nice touch.
The next one I saw was the Met version, and I was hooked. It looked mythical. I taped it on VHS, and was absolutely delighted when I realised that I could replace my 8 odd videos for a neat DVD box set.
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We don't get many Ring cycles on telly over here. The first one I saw was the Boulez Bayreuth festival version of ?1984. It had Gwyneth Jones as a rather peaky-looking Brunnhilde and Manfred Jung as a not very handsome Siegfried. And the costumes were dire! Lounge suits and a spear just don't go together. But Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegmund made it all worthwhile, and I remember the two Wolsung twins were at it on the stage as the curtain fell, which was quite risque!! The Valkyries were also lugging about 'corpses', which was a nice touch.
The next one I saw was the Met version, and I was hooked. It looked mythical. I taped it on VHS, and was absolutely delighted when I realised that I could replace my 8 odd videos for a neat DVD box set.