Das Rheingold
8.4
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.
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16 people
James Morris
Wotan
Also in
Die Walküre
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Siegfried Jerusalem
Loge
Also in
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Götterdämmerung
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Alberich
Also in
Götterdämmerung
Siegfried
Christa Ludwig
Fricka
Also in
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Götterdämmerung
MariAnne Häggander
Freia
Also in
Der Prinz von Homburg
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Mark Baker
Froh
Also in
Aida
Wozzeck
Alan Held
Donner
Also in
Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Fasolt
Also in
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Matti Salminen
Fafner
Also in
Götterdämmerung
Wagner: Die Walküre
Heinz Zednik
Mime
Also in
Siegfried - Bayreuther Festspiele
Siegfried
Birgitta Svendén
Erda
Also in
Siegfried
The Ring Cycle: Siegfried
Kaaren Erickson
Woglinde
Also in
Götterdämmerung
Elektra
Otto Schenk Director · Brian Large Director Richard Wagner Writer
United States release April 23, 1990 · Produced in United States
Production
Deutsche Grammophon
Production
United States
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
United States · April 23, 1990
Theatrical
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