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Staatsoper Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Lothar Zagrosek
Wotan: Wolfgang Probst
Fricka: Michaela Schuster
Freia: Helga Ros Indridadottir
Alberich: Esa Ruuttunen
Mime: Eberhard Francesco Lorenz
Picture Format: 16:9 Anamorphic
Sound Format: PCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Running Time: 152 Mins
Region Code: NTSC
Booklet Language: English
The first part of Wagner's magnum opus comes to DVD on TDK this month with a starkly contemporary feel.
For the first time in the history of The Ring cycle, each of Rheingold's four sections was given to a different stage-director, providing an exciting range of varying perspectives with a unified theme.
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Without a winged helmet in sight, this unique production casts Wotan as a coolly calculating businessman, with his wife a director on the board.
The whole was directed by Joachim Schlomer and is sung in German, with subtitles. It was recorded live at the Staatsoper Stuttgart on 28th and 29th December 2002.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Wolfgang Probst (),
Eberhard Lorenz (),
Esa Ruuttunen ()
Conductor:
Lothar Zagrosek
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/2002
Venue: Staatsoper Stuttgart
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