To honor Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday, Latin America’s famous opera house in Buenos Aires hosts a one-of-a-kind project: Performing Wagner’s powerful music drama “The Ring of the Nibelung” on stage in a single day. The documentary film “Der Colón Ring – Wagner in Buenos Aires” (The Colón Ring – Wagner in Buenos Aires), directed by Hans Christoph von Bock, follows each step of the unusual production. The film aims to entertain viewers while showing them how Wagner’s vision of “The Ring of the Nibelung” emerges as a Gesamtkunstwerk and an all-encompassing live theater experience.
R. Wagner: The Ring from the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
To honor Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday, Latin America’s famous opera house in Buenos Aires hosts a one-of-a-kind project: Performing Wagner’s powerful music drama “The Ring of the Nibelung” on stage in a single day. Stage Director Valentina Carrasco, who has worked with the award-winning Catalonian theatre group “La Fura dels Baus” for the past ten years, transposes the “Colón Ring” into the 1970s – the period of Argentina’s military dictatorship. Symbols of that age are seen on the costumes, while the characters also make references to the period in their behavior and gestures. LENGTH: Part 1 – 83’ // Part 2 – 112’ // Part 3 – 72’ // Part 4 – 122’ / Also available: DOCUMENTARY – The Colón Ring – Wagner in Buenos Aires by Hans Christoph von Bock (90′).