Wagner's Das Rheingold
Donald Macleod presents Wagner's Das Rheingold in a production from the ThéÒtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, starring Michael Volle, Jamie Barton and Christiane Karg.
Donald Macleod presents Das Rheingold, part 1 of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, in a production from the ThéÒtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.
Three Rhinemaidens are tasked with protecting some magic gold - it can be made into a ring which gives the owner power to rule the world - if they first renounce love. When the lustful dwarf Alberich is shunned by the Rhinemaidens, he decides to curse love and steal the gold, setting in motion a chain of events which culminates in the downfall of the gods. An all-star cast is led by Michael Volle as Wotan, the ruler of the gods, with Jamie Barton and Christiane Karg as his wife and sister-in-law Fricka and Freia. Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
Donald Macleod presents and is joined by music historian Dr Barbara Eichner.
Wagner: Das Rheingold - opera in 1 act
Wotan ..... Michael Volle (bass-baritone)
Loge, demigod of fire ..... Gerhard Siegel (tenor)
Fricka ..... Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano)
Freia ..... Christiane Karg (soprano)
Donner, god of thunder ..... Thomas Lehman (baritone)
Froh, god of spring ..... Issachah Savage (tenor)
Erda.....Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto)
Alberich ..... Samuel Youn (baritone)
Mime, Alberich's brother ..... Thomas Ebenstein (tenor)
Fasolt, a giant ..... Stephen Milling (bass-baritone)
Fafner, his brother ..... Mikhail Petrenko (bass)
Woglinde, Rhinemaiden .... Erika Baikoff (soprano)
Wellgunde, Rhinemaiden ..... Iris van Wijnen (mezzo-soprano)
Flosshilde, Rhinemaiden ..... Maria Barakova (mezzo-soprano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin (conductor)
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