The production of Wagner"s Ring at the Bayreuth Festival is an event that takes place only once every six years. Bayreuth recordings of the complete cycle are very rare; this being only the second filmed version. The Kupfer/Barenboim Ring was performed over a five-year period and recorded at the conclusion when the Bayreuth Workshop had raised the quality of the performance to an almost unsurpassable level (Der Tagesspiegel) In going back to the original high definition video masters and using cutting edge encoding technology, we are able to maximize the quality of this new presentation of the Ring. This, along with the larger 11 disc transfer, allows us to exploit the DVD standard to its fullest. Das Rheingold John Tomlinson: Wotan Bodo Brinkmann: Donner Kurt Schreibmayer: Froh Graham Clark : Loge Gunter von Kannen: Alberich Helmut Pampuch: Mime Matthias Halle: Fasolt Philip Kang: Fafner Linda Finnie: Fricka Eva Johansson: Freia Annette Kattenbaum: Wellgunde Jane Turner: Flosshilde Die Walkure Poul Elming: Siegmund Nadine: Secunde Sieglinde Matthias Halle: Hunding John Tomlinson: Wotan Anne Evans: Brunnhilde Linda Finnie: Fricka/Siegrune Eva Johansson: Gerhilde Ruth Floeren: Ortlinde Shirley Close: W altraute Hitomi Katagiri: Schwertleite Eva-Maria Bundschuh: Helmwige Birgitta Svendann: Grimgerde Hebe Dijkstra: Roaweiae Siegfried Siegfried Jerusalem: Siegfried John Tomlinson: Der Wandererv Gunter von Kannen: Alberich Philip Kang: Fafner Graham Clark: Mime Anne Evans: Brunnhilde Birgitta Svendan: Erda Hilde Leidland: Waldvogel Gotterdammerung Siegfried Jerusalem: Siegfried Bodo Brinkmann: Gunther Philip Kang: Hagen Gunter von Kannen: Alberich Anne Evans: Brunnhilde Eva-Maria Bundschuh: Gutrune Waltraud Meier: Waltraute Birgitta Svendan: 1. Norn Linda Finnie: 2. Norn Uta Priew: 3. Norn Hilde Leidland: Woglinde Annette Kattenbaum: Wellgunde Jane Turner: Flosshilde Bonus feature (DVD 1) Daniel Barenboim and John Tomlinson talk about the Harry Kupfer production of the Ring at Bayreuth in 1991 and 1992 Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Staged and directed by Harry Kupfer Stage design: Hans Schavernoch Costume design: Reinhard Heinrich Video director: Horant H. Hohlfeld Artistic supervision Wolfgang Wagner