Fecha de lanzamiento

12 Aug, 1980

Tiempo de ejecución

02:23: (HH:MM)

Sinopsis

This is a beautifully conducted and thoughtfully staged performance of the first opera (the prologue) in Wagner's Ring Cycle. As soon as the clouds of mist have dissipated, while the daring, long-held opening chord is still reverberating, the screen clears to show not only the River Rhine and the three maidens (dressed like prostitutes in this production) assigned to guard the gold hidden there. It also shows an enormous dam (not mentioned in Wagner's text). This is the underwater base of a hydroelectric plant, and its presence tells us two things immediately: that this production takes the story out of the vaguely medieval fantasy world in which Wagner had placed it, and that a basic theme of the four-opera cycle would be power. Alberich, the Nibelung, is willing to renounce the love of women, after stealing the gold from the Rhine, to become the ruler of the world. Another basic theme is greed.

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Actores

Pierre Boulez

Donald McIntyre

Martin Egel

Siegfried Jerusalem

Heinz Zednik

Hermann Becht

Helmut Pampuch

Matti Salminen

Ilse Gramatzki

Fritz Hübner

Carmen Reppel

Marga Schiml

Hanna Schwarz

Norma Sharp

Ortrun Wenkel

Multitud

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

Pierre Boulez

Brian Large

Patrice Chéreau