Since you are interested in Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Recorded Live at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, in 2008), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GLUCK
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride (complete operas recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Véronique Gens / Mireille Delunsch / Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Marc Minkowski & Pierre Audi [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "[von Otter] presents a deeply sympathetic character...[Gens's] Iphigenia is equally touching and just as beautifully sung...one or two [production] oddities are far outweighed by the intensity that Pierre Audi secures from his team" (Gramophone) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "It is hard to imagine a Tom Rakewell who looks the part better than the lanky, almost adolescent Topi Lehtipuu, his wide-eyed innocence an open invitation to corruption, and he sings the role with elegance." (Gramophone) |
WAGNER
Die Walküre (complete opera recorded in 2010) Johan Botha / Edith Haller / Linda Watson / Albert Dohmen / Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus / Bayreuther Festspiele / Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 23/Jun/2011 ] "[Botha] is outstanding throughout as Siegmund...Dorst's production, and this filming of it, are at their best in the latter stages of Act 3 and the result is a powerful and affecting account of one of The Ring's greatest episodes...there's nothing... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded live in 2008) Franz Hawlata / Klaus Florian Vogt / Michaela Kaune / Norbert Ernst / Bayreuther Festspiele / Sebastian Weigle [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] Ostensibly Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg tells a humorous tale about artistically inclined craftsmen. Goldsmith Veit Pogner promises his daughter Eva's hand in marriage to the winner of a song contest, to which three men are... |
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded live in 2008) BLU-RAY Franz Hawlata, Klaus Florian Vogt, Michaela Kaune, Norbert Ernst / Bayreuther Festspiele, Sebastian Weigle [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Feb/2011 ] 'A 'Meistersinger' that's on an entirely new Wagnerian scale... It is full of smart ideas and moments of effective theater. ' The Washington Post |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera with libretto) Birgit Nilsson, Martti Talvela, Christa Ludwig, Wolfgang Windgassen / Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 1966, Karl Bohm [ Dutsche Grammophon The Originals / 3 CD - released 28/Nov/2005 ] "Birgit Nilsson sings the Liebestod at the end of the long evening as though she was starting out afresh, radiant and with not a hint of tiredness, rising to an orgasmic climax and bringing a heavenly pianissimo on the final rising octave" Penguin |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Die Walkure Daniel Barenboim / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele / Harry Kupfer / Poul Elming / Nadine Secunde / Matthias Holle / etc. [ Warner Music Vision / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] "In many ways this is now the best bet for anyone wanting a DVD version of Die Walkure." (International Record Review) |
WAGNER
Gotterdammerung (Complete Opera recorded in 1988) Pierre Boulez, Bayreuther Festspiele with Manfred Jung and Gwyneth Jones [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 21/Jul/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround - Colour - NTSC - Documentary - 250 mins Premiered in 1976, exactly one hundred years after the first performance of the Ring as a cycle, this production has... |
WAGNER
Siegfried (Complete Opera recorded in 1980) Manfred Jung - Donald McIntyre - Gwyneth Jones. Bayreuther Festspiele. Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 14/Jul/2005 ] G - With young stage director Patrice Chéreau and musical modernist Pierre Boulez, Wolfgang Wagner had put together a dream team to find a new, modern yet timeless approach to his grandfather's work, regarding both music and staging |