Stunning release of the 1983 epic mini-series!! A huge panorama of Richard Wagner’s life and work, from before the 1848 revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria, to the final triumph at Bayreuth. Wagner’s radical musical and political ideas, his German nationalism, and even his anti-Semitism are set in the context of his life and times. Richard Burton and Vanessa Redgrave star!

June 4th release