Wagner: Das Rheingold

Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin;
Runnicles, Donald

NBD 0157 V

Annika Schlicht, Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Blondelle, Tenor
Markus Brück, Baritone
Derek Welton, Bass-baritone
Stefan Herheim, Stage director

As early as 1851, Wagner wrote, ‘I propose to produce my myth in three complete dramas, preceded by a lengthy Prelude.’ The Prelude was Das Rheingold (‘The Rhine Gold’) the preliminary evening of Wagner’s epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen (‘The Ring of the Nibelung’), which received its first complete performance in 1876. The unfolding events of Das Rheingold depict the theft of the Ring forged from the Rhinemaidens’ gold by the Nibelung dwarf Alberich, and his subsequent surrender of it to Wotan, ruler of the Gods, to pay his debt to the giants who constructed Valhalla. Alberich’s curse foreshadows the catastrophe to come. Sir Donald Runnicles conducts an internationally acclaimed cast in this innovative new production of Der Ring by Norwegian director Stefan Herheim.

Blu-ray

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

09-02-2024

730099015769