Das Rheingold (1990)
Score
Overview
From the gorgeous scene deep in the river Rhine that opens the opera, up to the magic Rainbow Bridge that appears at the end, leading to a glistening Valhalla, Otto Schenk’s production captures the scenic world of Wagner’s Ring as brilliantly as James Levine and the Met orchestra capture the musical world. The cast is incomporable: an astounding James Morris as the young god Wotan, the great Christa Ludwig as his wife Fricka, incandescent Siegfried Jerusalem as Loge, the wily god of fire, and Ekkehard Wlaschiha as a complex Alberich.
Brian Large
Director
Richard Wagner
Composer
Top Billed Cast
James Morris
Wotan
Siegfried Jerusalem
Loge
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Alberich
Christa Ludwig
Fricka
MariAnne Häggander
Freia
Mark Baker
Froh
Alan Held
Donner
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Fasolt
Matti Salminen
Fafner
Heinz Zednik
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