Wagner's Dream

Name: Wagner's Dream
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 20, 2012
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 79

2012

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Susan Froemke Productions | Release Date: July 20, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: The stakes could not be higher as one of the theater's finest stage directors teams up with one of the world's leading opera companies to tackle opera's most monumental challenge: the production of Wagner's epic Ring cycle - the four-part, 16-hour work that the composer first presented in 1876. For the past 130 years, the quest to produce aThe stakes could not be higher as one of the theater's finest stage directors teams up with one of the world's leading opera companies to tackle opera's most monumental challenge: the production of Wagner's epic Ring cycle - the four-part, 16-hour work that the composer first presented in 1876. For the past 130 years, the quest to produce a perfect Ring has stymied directors, including Wagner himself, who struggled to meet the immense theatrical demands of his own creation. The cosmic vision of gods and mortals vying for power and destroyed by greed calls for astonishing stage visuals of fire storms, flying warriors, and underwater and heavenly actions. (The Metropolitan Opera)… Expand

Director: Susan Frömke

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Jul 25, 2012

The result is an engrossing chronicle of creative people under pressure, a movie about the madness of opera for which no knowledge of opera is required for full enjoyment. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Jul 16, 2012

Tension flows organically from every phase of this dangerous endeavor, making for a highly entertaining outing for operaphiles and operaphobes alike. Read full review

Nick Schager

Jul 17, 2012

It remains a rousing portrait of creative renewal and, specifically, the way in which - by attempting something daring and new in the face of an opera culture deeply invested in tradition - Lepage proves that classic art can survive and flourish in a marriage with modern technology and imagination. Read full review

John DeFore

Jul 16, 2012

Rising well above the typical making-of feature, the documentary will fascinate buffs when shown alongside the operas themselves. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Jul 19, 2012

Awesome also describes this 16-hour, four-opera masterwork about the creation and destruction of the world, a work that Wagner considered unstageable in his time. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Jul 16, 2012

The title of Susan Froemke's documentary is both an expression of aspiration and a statement of achievement. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jul 20, 2012

All it takes is the majestic E-flat that opens "Das Rheingold" to make you realize that, despite what Wagner's Dream insists on showing, "the machine" really isn't the point. Read full review

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