Name: Das Rheingold
Start: 1990-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1990-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Conductor

James Levine

Mezzo-soprano

Christian Ludwig

Fricka

Tenor

Siegfried Jerusalem

Loge

Baritone

Ekkehard Wlaschiha

Alberich

James Morris

Wotan

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Das Rheingold -  (The Rhinegold)

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.

Production booklet

Further reading