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This 1999 production of The Ring was the first to be based on the definitive complete edition of Wagner’s music. Pierre Audi’s production for the Netherlands Opera blends the lyrical, mythical and philosophical qualities of Wagner’s tetralogy into a profound unity. Amazing sets by George Tsypin and wonderful costumes by Oscar-winning Eiko Ishioka complement singing and playing of great intensity from the cast under the baton of Hartmut Haenchen, who leads an unusually flowing, texturally sensitive interpretation, creating a vigorous yet often intimate impression that comes closer than many modern performances to the scale of Wagner’s original conception. Reviews FonoForum 04 / 07: “Haenchen is an inexorable speech fetishist who succeeds in harmonizing speech and music with admirable precision. The vocal ensemble is extremely balanced in every respect, closed and vocally convincing. In general, the consistently rapid tempos and a very unusual transparent and slender orchestral sound for Wagner surprise. But Haenchen is not a despiser of cost: where full brass is required, he lets his splendid musicians show their colours, but in return he works out even the finest nuances with extreme dynamic shades. The Amsterdam multi-channel technique reproduces the room very naturally and the orchestra very vividly.” |