The read
It runs long at 2h 43m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.6/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard WagnerWriter
- Brian LargeDirector
- Richard WagnerOriginal Music Composer
- Otto SchenkDirector
Cast
- James MorrisWotan
- Siegfried JerusalemLoge
- Ekkehard WlaschihaAlberich
- Christa LudwigFricka
- MariAnne HägganderFreia
- Mark BakerFroh
- Alan HeldDonner
- Jan-Hendrik RooteringFasolt
- Matti SalminenFafner
- Heinz ZednikMime
- Birgitta SvendénErda
- Kaaren EricksonWoglinde
Themes
opera