Documentary

The Colón Ring – Wagner in Buenos Aires

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The Colón Ring - Wagner in Buenos Aires

Synopsis

Is it really possible to stage Wagner’s Ring on a single day? The composer’s great-granddaughter, Katharina Wagner, who now runs the Bayreuth Festival, was keen to stage Cord Garben‘s abridged version of the cycle at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, but in the event things turned out rather differently. When she and her team arrived at the Colón, they found that the rehearsal conditions were not what they were expecting, and so she decided that the task should be entrusted to a different director. Valentina Carrasco took over at short notice and together with the singers and the set and costume designers she staged the Ring in a seven-hour version never previously seen – and all on a single day! The present documentary provides a thrilling and visually memorable account of the long journey taken by this version from its inception to the first night.

Additional Info

No: 712808
Composer: Richard Wagner
Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
Orchestra: Teatro Colón Orchestra
Artists: Linda Watson, Jukka Rasilainen, Leonid Zakhozhaev, Adrew Shore, Stig Andersen, Marion Ammann, Teatro Colón Orchestra
Production year: 2013-05
Run time: 01:33:00
Director: Hans Christoph von Bock, Staged by Valentina Carrasco