Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Das Rheingold
Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Arnold Bezuyen (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Hans-Peter König (Fafner), Christa Mayer (Erda), Edith Haller (Freia), Ralf Lukas (Donner), Clemens Bieber (Froh),...
This is a big performance, often expansively paced. Great set-pieces like the Walküre love duet and the Rhine Journey have a fine soaring grandeur, even if some - the desperate Siegfried Act... — More…
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
- Albert Dohmen (bass-baritone), Fionnuala McCarthy (mezzo-soprano), Simone Schroder (contralto), Hans-Peter König (bass), Ulrike Helzel (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Shore (bass), Kwangchul Youn (baritone), Christa Mayer (mezzo-soprano), Michelle Breedt (soprano), Ralf Lukas (bass), Edith Haller (soprano), Gerhard Siegel (tenor), Clemens Bieber (tenor), Arnold Bezuyen (tenor)
- Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Christian Thielemann
Scene 1: Vorspiel
Scene 1: Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle! (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Alberich)
Scene 1: Garstig glatter glitschiger Glimmer! (Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
Wagner: Die Walküre
- Kwangchul Youn (baritone), Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano), Michelle Breedt (soprano), Annette Kuttenbaum (mezzo-soprano), Sonja Muhleck (soprano), Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano), Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto), Albert Dohmen (bass-baritone), Simone Schroder (contralto), Manuela Bress (mezzo-soprano), Edith Haller (soprano), Anna Gabler (soprano), Linda Watson (soprano), Endrik Wottrich (tenor)
- Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Christian Thielemann
Act I Scene 1: Prelude
Act I Scene 1: Wes Herd dies auch sei, hier muss ich rasten (Siegmund, Sieglinde)
Act I Scene 1: Kuhlende Labung gab mir der Quell (Siegmund, Sieglinde)
Wagner: Siegfried
- Gerhard Siegel (tenor), Stephen Gould (tenor), Albert Dohmen (bass-baritone), Hans-Peter König (bass), Christa Mayer (mezzo-soprano), Linda Watson (soprano), Andrew Shore (bass), Robin Johannsen (soprano)
- Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Christian Thielemann
Act I: Vorspiel
Act I Scene 1: Zwangvolle Plage! Muh' ohne Zweck! (Mime)
Act I Scene 1: Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau' ein! Hau' ein! (Siegfried, Mime)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
- Christa Mayer (mezzo-soprano), Ulrike Helzel (mezzo-soprano), Stephen Gould (tenor), Andrew Shore (bass), Simone Schroder (contralto), Ralf Lukas (bass), Fionnuala McCarthy (mezzo-soprano), Hans-Peter König (bass), Edith Haller (soprano), Linda Watson (soprano), Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano)
- Bayreuth Festival, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Christian Thielemann
Prologue: Einleitung
Prologue: Welch Licht leuchtet dort? (The Norns)
Prologue: Singe, Schwester … Treu beratner Vertrage Reunen (The Norns)