Das Rheingold

Artistic Director and Conductor Neal Gittleman shares insights around the programming selected for the sixth performance of the 2022–2023 Masterworks Series. This performance is presented in partnership with the Dayton Opera.,

On Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Tanglewood, Maestro Nelsons leads the BSO in one of the great highlights of the 2017 Tanglewood season: the festival's first-ever complete concert performance of Wagner's epic "Das Rheingold", the first of the four dramas from Wagner's masterpiece "Der Ring des Nibelungen". The performance features a cast of all-star vocal soloists among the most respected for these roles, including bass-baritone Thomas J. Mayer as Wotan (in his BSO and Tanglewood debuts); mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as Fricka; tenor Kim Begley as Loge (BSO and Tanglewood debuts); and baritone Jochen Schmeckenbecher (BSO and Tanglewood debuts) as Alberich, along with other prestigious singers known for their expertise performing Wagner's music. Video produced by Anthony Princiotti.,