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Das Rheingold

Das Rheingold is the prologue to Wagner's Ring cycle, and opens up the rich world of gods, dwarves, giants, dragons and humans that the story inhabits.

With beautiful orchestration and an unerring sense of the dramatic, the first opera explains how the Rhinedaughters came to lose the Ring and how it fel into the hands of Alberich the Nibelung; Wotan, king of the gods; and Fafner the giant. Each time it changes hands, the Ring confers upon the bearer a curse and this pattern is set to continue until it is restored to its rightful owners, the daughters of the Rhine.

Composer     Richard Wagner
Conductor      Zubin Mehta
Staged By      Carlos Padrissa
Set       Roland Olbeter
Costumes     Chu Uroz
Soloists          German Villar, Ilya Bannik, John Daszak, Matti Salminen, Juha Uusitalo
Orchestra       Orquestra de la Comunitat Vale
Video Director     Tiziano Mancini

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Michael Ward

Fri 26 June 2009, 08:06

This is very good news. The Fura dels Baus production of the Ring, together with Mehta’s conducting, has received very positive reviews, notably for its integration of multimedia art forms while still managing to follow the spirit of Wagner’s stage directions. Not to be misssed. Given Sky’s collaboration with ENO, could we also please have a showing of the forthcoming Fura dels Baus / ENO production of Ligetti’s Le Grand Macabre?

David Foulger

Sat 27 June 2009, 08:19

I would find it helpful if you could list the dates and times when operas are being transmitted along with all the other helpful information on this page. I t would be easier than searching through the weekly listings.

Robert Fairweather

Sat 27 June 2009, 19:34

I am writing this on the evening of June 27 and can only find programmes for the next three days. This makes planning impossible.

Rob

Tue 30 June 2009, 08:34

I couldn’t get anything beyond the 27th in the printer frieldly listings. Isn’t this frustrating!

Richard Bird

Tue 30 June 2009, 09:33

I find your site just so bad! “Rheingold” is proclaimed (though incidentally not even listed in A-Z), but WHEN is it to be broadcast? If you try “Search this site” ref Sky Arts 2, some of the stuff there relates to April for-heaven’s-sake, none is even July, which starts tomorrow. And so on.

Keiko

Tue 30 June 2009, 12:15

Video director name of this production is Franc Aleu.
and light is Peter Van Praet.
I thought orchestra was from Palau de les arts Reina Sofia..

Rob

Fri 3 July 2009, 09:41

What incredibly great voices in this production. Not a weak link in the whole cast! And in this age of recycling, its good to see that the off-cuts from somebody’s bathroom carpet are being put to good use with the costumes. At least Loge appears to be wearing a tent which appears quite new. Am I the only one who can’t sit all the way through this without being turned off by the costumes and the fork-lift trucks?

Liz Donaldson

Fri 3 July 2009, 14:16

I don,t on the whole like The Ring Cycle. And I don’t on the whole like German productions.BUT this was a marvellous production with fabulous singing and I have been converted.

David Clift

Fri 3 July 2009, 14:39

I enjoyed this production very much. BUT who decided to run the opening credits over the opening bars? Obviously someone who has never experienced them in the opera house. I’m glad I resisted the temptation to turn off.

Stephen Curtis

Mon 6 July 2009, 09:18

Das Rheingold - La Fura dels Baus
Please run this broadcast again. I returned from holiday in time for just the last hour on Sunday. Absolutely brilliant! A relief to get away from the recent spate of “grunge” costume productions. Great work.

Oswald Chorlton

Tue 7 July 2009, 14:09

This production was undoubtedly the best I have ever seen, and the production team were brilliant, with outstanding results by the sound engineers, every word was clear and not overpowered by the orchestra. Hope there is more to come.

Bert Coules

Sat 11 July 2009, 00:58

Is this due to be repeated? My recording was not a success…

Chris Chown

Sun 12 July 2009, 10:24

Utterly, utterly brilliant. The video and performing artists bring the extra dimensions in to make sense of Wagner. Stupendous singing, playing and theatre. What a shame I’ve missed it in Valencia, will they re run it, does anyone know?

Please don’t tell me we’re not going to get the other three parts…

Bert Coules

Tue 14 July 2009, 08:05

> Please don’t tell me we’re not going to get the other three parts…

I don’t think the staging has progressed yet past Walküre.

Does no-one know if the Rheingold is going to be aired again? This site doesn’t seem to be terribly informative about listings beyond the current month.

Richard Bird

Mon 26 October 2009, 18:02

Sadly your site has become even more useless since I posted my comment at the end of June (still showing: what a waste of space). What IS the point of all this yesterday’s info? And why, when something new is promised, is it SO difficult, even impossible, to learn when it is to be broadcast? What you provide is less helpful than even “Radio Times”: wow!

Richard Potter

Thu 29 October 2009, 20:35

Why do you make it so difficult for anyone to find out when a programme is on? This website is NOT user-friendly!!

Peter March

Thu 29 October 2009, 21:17

Sky Arts makes my subscription worth every penny! Please keep it up. The Operas from the Met are just fantastic.
Many thanks Sky Arts .... Peter and Sandra March

tony mc

Tue 10 November 2009, 18:10

i have just watched this opera for the first time and was absoutly amazed at this production. well done sky arts

Catherine Fraser

Sun 15 November 2009, 00:23

I agree - this is a brilliant production. where can I buy it?

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Das Rheingold

The first part of Wagner's visionary ring cycle

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