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Das Rheingold - Bayreuther Festspiele

Das Rheingold - Bayreuther Festspiele

(1980)

Overview

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Brian Large,Patrice Chéreau
  2. Writer : Richard Wagner
  3. Cast : Donald McIntyre,Martin Egel,Siegfried Jerusalem,Heinz Zednik,Matti Salminen,Fritz Hübner,Hermann Becht,Helmut Pampuch,Hanna Schwarz,Carmen Reppel,Ortrun Wenkel,Norma Sharp,Ilse Gramatzki,Marga Schiml,Pierre Boulez

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Original TitleDas Rheingold - Bayreuther Festspiele

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1980-08-12

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 02h 26m

Production CompaniesUnitel Classics,Deutsche Grammophon,Bayreuther Festspiele

Genres

  • Music

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