WAGNER, R.: Rheingold (Das) (Staatsoper Stuttgart, 2002)
Das Rheingold
Composer: Wagner, Richard
Librettist/Text Author: Wagner, Richard
Conductor: Zagrosek, Lothar
Orchestra: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra
Alberich: Ruuttunen, Esa
Donner: Kaston, Motti
Erda: Ejsing, Mette
Fafner: Ens, Phillip
Fasolt: Bracht, Roland
Flosshilde: Joswig, Margarete
Freia: Indridadottir, Helga Ros
Fricka: Schuster, Michaela
Froh: Schneider, Bernhard
Loge: Kunzli, Robert
Mime: Lorenz, Eberhard Francesco
Wellgunde: Ullrich, Maria Theresa
Woglinde: Smith, Catriona
Wotan: Probst, Wolfgang
Producer: Schickling, Dieter
Set Designer: Kilian, Jens
Costume Designer: Kilian, Jens
Lighting Designer: Finn, David
Stage Director: Schlomer, Joachim
Television Director: Darvas, Janos
Television Director: Fricke, Thorsten
Date of Production: 29-12-2002
Venue: Staatstheater Stuttgart
Playing Time: 02:33:11
Catalogue Number: EuroArts5206
UPC: 880242520685
Synopsis
Das Rheingold
Not since the so-called "100-Year Ring" (Bayreuth, 1976-1980) has a performance of Richard Wagner's monumental cycle created such a sensation as the Stuttgart productions. "Four operas ?EUR" four stage directors" was the artistic idea behind the 1999/2000 cycle. Appreciating the individual operas of Der Ring des Nibelungen without having to relate to previous or subsequent storylines enabled the stage directors ?EUR" handpicked by the successful Stuttgart Opera team surrounding Artistic Director Klaus Zehelein ?EUR" to express their individual insights into the well-known drama of Siegfried and Wotan. In 2002 German critics voted Stuttgart's Staatsoper "Opera House of the Year" for the fourth time in five years. This recording pays tribute to the artistic and musical achievement of the Stuttgart Opera House and a cast of wonderful singers. Recorded live at the Stuttgart Staatsoper in 2002, it was directed by Joachim Schlomer.
