Wagner's Dream (2012)
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94% of critics liked it
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80% of users liked it
(464 ratings)
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: a new production of Wagner's Ring cycle-the four-part, 16-hour work that the composer first presented in… More 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: a new production of Wagner's Ring cycle-the four-part, 16-hour work that the composer first presented in 1876. Wagner's Dream takes you deep into the artistic and musical challenges of the epic work. Visionary director Robert Lepage begins a five-year journey to create the most ambitious staging in Metropolitan Opera history, featuring a 90,000-pound set ("The Machine") designed to realize all of Wagner's scenic instructions. The film follows heroic singers from rehearsals to performance as they take on many of the most daunting roles in opera. An intimate look at the challenges of live theater and the risks that must be taken, the documentary chronicles the tremendous creativity and unflagging determination behind this daring attempt to realize Wagner's dream of a perfect Ring.
- Directed By
- Susan Froemke
- Genres
- Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 19, 2012 Limited
Critic Reviews
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
You don't need to be a fan of Wagner, or even opera, to find this a fascinating glimpse of a dauntingly complex human endeavor.
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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.
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Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
It's a bit startling that director Susan Fröemke would choose to make a documentary about the set.
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Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
The finished "Ring" cycle, a combination of "myth, science and legend" made to order as Wagner imagined it, was unique to every viewer's eye. The making of it will be spellbinding to everyone.
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Nick Schager, Village Voice
A rousing portrait of creative renewal.
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Cast
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Robert Lepage
as Robert Lepage
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Deborah Voigt
as Deborah Voigt
- Carl Fillion
- Jay Hunter
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James Levine
as James Levine
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Fabio Luisi
as Fabio Luisi
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Peter Gelb
as Peter Gelb
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Jay Hunter Morris
as Jay Hunter Morris
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Metropolitan Opera
as Metropolitan Opera
