Das Rheingold (1990)
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.
Cast
James Morris
Wotan
Siegfried Jerusalem
Loge
Christa Ludwig
Fricka
Mark Baker
Froh
Matti Salminen
Fafner
Heinz Zednik
Mime
James Levine
Conductor
MET Orchestra
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