The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold

The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold

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2016
2h 25m
8.2(2 votes)
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Drama
Fantasy

Overview

Frank Castorf revolutionised German-language theatre in the post-Berlin Wall era, bringing to the stage intellectual and political acuteness, brash references and a not infrequent use of crude humour. He brought these qualities to the Bayreuth Festival where his production of the Ring ran from 2013 to 2017. This 2016 recording of Das Rheingold captures Marek Janowski's festival debut as conductor of this unique production, in which Castorf replaces the Rheingold with oil as the central commodity in a pre-capitalist society. The first night of the Ring cycle begins at a gas station off of Route 66, the main road connecting the East and West coasts of the USA, that played an important role in commerce in the 1920s.

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Deutsche Grammophon

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14 members
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Iain Paterson

Wotan

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Markus Eiche

Donner

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Tansel Akzeybek

Froh

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Roberto Saccà

Loge

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Sarah Connolly

Fricka

Sarah Connolly
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Caroline Wenborne

Freia

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Nadine Weissmann

Erda

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Albert Dohmen

Alberich

Albert Dohmen
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Andreas Conrad

Mime

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Günther Groissböck

Fasolt

Günther Groissböck
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Karl-Heinz Lehner

Fafner

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Alexandra Steiner

Woglinde

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Stephanie Houtzeel

Wellgunde

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Wiebke Lehmkuhl

Floßhilde

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