Report from TF1 News, presented by Yves Mourousi
(Broadcast by TF1 on 2nd August, 1976)
Public reactions, both hostile and laudatory, to Patrice Chéreau's production of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen", which marked the Centenary of the Bayreuth Festival. Featuring some short excerpts from "Götterdämmerung", curtain calls, and a brief interview with Patrice Chéreau.
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The stage designs for Chereau's production were by Richard Peduzzi. The cycle was conducted by Pierre Boulez. "Götterdämmerung" featured Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde, Jess Thomas as Siegfried, Jerker Arvidson as Gunther, and Karl Ridderbusch as Hagen.
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"Der Ring des Nibelungen" ("The Ring of the Nibelung") is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner, with German libretti by the composer. The four works are, in sequence: "Das Rheingold" ("The Rhinegold"), "Die Walküre" ("The Valkyrie"), "Siegfried", and "Götterdämmerung" ("Twilight of the Gods"). The complete cycle was first performed at the Bayreuth Festival Theatre in 1876.