Das Rheingold (1990)
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.
- Date of release
- 1990-04-23
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 2h 43m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Music
- Director
- Brian Large, Otto Schenk
Casting
- James Morris — Wotan
- Siegfried Jerusalem — Loge
- Ekkehard Wlaschiha — Alberich
- Christa Ludwig — Fricka
- MariAnne Häggander — Freia
- Mark Baker — Froh
- Alan Held — Donner
- Jan-Hendrik Rootering — Fasolt
- Matti Salminen — Fafner
- Heinz Zednik — Mime
- Birgitta Svendén — Erda
- Kaaren Erickson — Woglinde
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