Das Rheingold prologue to Der Ring des Nibelungen : music drama in four scenes /
Das Rheingold introduces the ring. The well-known prelude opens with 136 measures of an E-flat major chord: this prolonged harmony represents the ageless river Rhine, upon whose banks the Rhinemaidens play. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, tries vainly to seduce one of the Rhinemaidens. Mockingly, they r...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | German English French Italian Spanish |
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[Halle/Saale] :
Arthaus Musik,
[2009]
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| Item Description: | Booklet with program notes and synopsis in English, French and German (25 pages : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Summary: | Das Rheingold introduces the ring. The well-known prelude opens with 136 measures of an E-flat major chord: this prolonged harmony represents the ageless river Rhine, upon whose banks the Rhinemaidens play. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, tries vainly to seduce one of the Rhinemaidens. Mockingly, they reveal the secret of the gold they guard: out of it, one can forge a ring powerful enough to rule the world, provided the forger gives up Love forever. Alberich manages to steal the gold and makes the ring, using it to control his fellow dwarfs while he plans his world take-over. In the meantime, Wotan (king of the gods), like many new home owners, has to figure out how to finance the construction of Valhalla (hall of the gods). He has promised his sister-in-law as payment to the construction workers, but his wife Fricka isn't too keen on selling her sister to the giants (led by Fafner). Loge (god of fire) tricks Alberich into turning himself into a toad and brings Alberich back to Wotan, who takes the ring from the dwarf. Bitter at losing his ring, Alberich places a curse on it: lack of the ring will fuel desire for it and possession will only lead to misery. Wotan ends up giving the Ring to Fafner as ransom for Fricka's sister. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-9; soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9. |
| Production Credits: | Stage director Michael Schulz ; set design, Dirk Becker ; costume design, Renée Listerdal; lighting design, Alexander Gnadl ; dramaturgy, Wolfgang Willaschek; directed for TV and video, Brooks Riley; a production of RM Arts and Zoom Production. |
| ISBN: | 9783941311312 394131131X |
| Participant or Performer: | Mario Hoff (Wotan) ; Alexander Günther (Donner) ; Jean-Noël Briend (Froh) ; Erin Caves (Loge) ; Tomas Möwes (Alberich) ; Frieder Aurich (Mime) ; Renatus Mészár (Fasolt) ; Hidekazu Tsumaya (Fafner) ; Christine Hansmann (Fricka) ; Marietta Zumbült (Freia) ; Nadine Weissmann (Erda) ; Silona Michel (Woglinde) ; Susann Günther-Dissmeier (Wellgunde) ; Christiane Bassek (Flosshilde) ; Luise Grabolle, Marie-Louise Winde, Luisa Wöllner (Norns) ; Staatskapelle Weimar ; Carl St. Clair, conductor. |
| Language: | Sung in German, with optional subtitles in German, English, French, Italian, and Spanish. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded in performance, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, 2008. |
| FOLIO link: | View instance in FOLIO |