Résumé: Conducted by Daniel Barenboim and directed by Harry Kupfer, Wagner's 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' has never been better realised on film than in this legendary production from the Bayreuth Festival, recorded in 1992. An allegory on the struggle for ultimate power, the 'Ring' consists of four epic dramas. In the final part, following treachery, betrayal and intrigue of gods and human beings, it is Brünnhilde, in the Immolation Scene, who brings the cycle to its devastating climax, and balance is...