The prelude and part of the first sene of act 2 of Wagner's "Die Walküre", the 'first day' of his epic tetralogy "Der Ring Des Nibelungen".
From a concert performance at the 2005 BBC Proms from the Royal Albert Hall.
Bryn Terfel sings Wotan.
Lisa Gasteen is Brunnhilde.
The orchestra of the Royal Opera House is conducted by Antonio Pappano
The spectacular Chinese musical epic "The East is Red" depicts the founding of the People's Republic of China and the Maoist revolution. It was filmed in 1964 and became a favourite during the Cultural Revolution.
Here is the opening scenes taken from a widescreen print with English and Mandarin subtitles.
Colorized footage of Lenin, World War 1 and the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
Sadly, Youtube's conversion of the file to a flash movie has degraded the colour slightly.
A techno version of the "Hymn of the USSR", the original of which was also adopted by Vladimir Putin as the anthem of the Russian Federation in 2001, with revised lyrics.
An abomination or an improvement?? I'll let viewers decide.
Transformation Music and Entrance of the Grail Knights from Act 1 of Wagner's final opera 'Parsifal', in a production from Bayreuth directed by Wolfgang Wagner in the late 1990's.
Hans Sotin is Gurnemanz.
Poul Elming as Parsifal.
The chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival is conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli.
The overture and part of Act 1 of Richard Wagner's comic opera 'The Mastersingers of Nuremberg' ('Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg') in a filmed performance from Bayreuth in 2000.
The chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival is conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
DAS RHEINGOLD (The Rhinegold)
The first part of Richard Wagner's tetralogy "Der Ring Des Nibelungen" condensed into a 30 minute animation, produced in 1991 for television.
As far as I know, no other operas in the Ring cycle were animated.
Sung in English.
Sadly, does not feature Bugs Bunny or Elmer Fudd!! ;)
Clip from the 1995 colorized version of the 1962 war film epic The Longest Day produced by Daryl F Zanuck, featuring an early appearance from a young Sean Connery, also features Kenneth More.
North Korean President Kim Il Sung visits the Soviet Union, People's Republic of Poland and The German Democratic Republic, meeting their respective leaders (Chernenko, Jaruzelski, Honecker) in early 1984.
A rare chance to see a moment from the short reign of Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko.
The National People's Army of the GDR (DDR Nationale Volksarmee, NVA) along with scenes from East Germany's history.
Opening music is by Wagner. The 2 songs after that are "Mein Land ist Gut" and "Der Offene Aufmarsch", sung by the DDR NVA and choir.
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