Das Rheingold

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 23, 1990

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

United States of America

Production

Deutsche Grammophon

Cast

Ekkehard Wlaschiha,Matti Salminen,Heinz Zednik,Birgitta Svendén,James Morris,Meredith Parsons,James Levine,MariAnne Häggander,Diane Kesling,Jan-Hendrik Rooteringand 6 more

Director

Otto Schenk,Brian Large

Writer

Richard Wagner

Music

Richard Wagner

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0285990