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.
Directors: Brian Large, Otto Schenk.
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James Morris as Wotan |
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Siegfried Jerusalem as Loge |
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Ekkehard Wlaschiha as Alberich |
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Christa Ludwig as Fricka |
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MariAnne Häggander as Freia |
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Mark Baker as Froh |
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Alan Held as Donner |
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Jan-Hendrik Rootering as Fasolt |
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Matti Salminen as Fafner |
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Heinz Zednik as Mime |
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Birgitta Svendén as Erda |
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Kaaren Erickson as Woglinde |
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Diane Kesling as Wellgunde |
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Meredith Parsons as Flosshilde |
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James Levine as Conductor |
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MET Orchestra as |
| Writing | Richard Wagner | Writer |
| Directing | Brian Large | Director |
| Sound | Richard Wagner | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Otto Schenk | Director |
