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Wagner: Das Rheingold

08/12/1980

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2hrs 23min

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STORY

This is a beautifully conducted and thoughtfully staged performance of the first opera (the prologue) in Wagner's Ring Cycle. As soon as the clouds of mist have dissipated, while the daring, long-held opening chord is still reverberating, the screen clears to show not only the River Rhine and the three maidens (dressed like prostitutes in this production) assigned to guard the gold hidden there. It also shows an enormous dam (not mentioned in Wagner's text). This is the underwater base of a hydroelectric plant, and its presence tells us two things immediately: that this production takes the story out of the vaguely medieval fantasy world in which Wagner had placed it, and that a basic theme of the four-opera cycle would be power. Alberich, the Nibelung, is willing to renounce the love of women, after stealing the gold from the Rhine, to become the ruler of the world. Another basic theme is greed.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Pierre Boulez
  • Donald McIntyre
  • Martin Egel
  • Siegfried Jerusalem
  • Heinz Zednik

    Directors

  • Brian Large
  • Patrice Chéreau

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Unitel Classics
  • Deutsche Grammophon

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German

Cast

Pierre Boulez

Self - Conductor

Donald McIntyre

Wotan

Martin Egel

Donner

Siegfried Jerusalem

Froh

Heinz Zednik

Loge

Hermann Becht

Alberich

Helmut Pampuch

Mime

Matti Salminen

Fasolt

Ilse Gramatzki

Wellgunde

Fritz Hübner

Fafner

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