Wagner: Das Rheingold
Wagner: Das Rheingold1978
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
2h 23m·Music
Directed by Herbert von Karajan·1978
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2.0/10 avgAverage user ratingThis 1978 studio production of the prologue to Wagner's masterpiece is the only segment of the famous Salzburg Festival/Metropolitan Opera productions, first seen in the 1960s, that made it to film. Based on one of those original productions, Georges Wakhevitch produced stage settings and transformations that supported Karajan's concept with every possible means. Herbert Von Karajan's staging is in the epic style of another age, emphasizing the dignity of the gods rather than their all too human failings. With the singers - foremost among them Peter Schreier - Karajan had an ensemble that fully conformed to his intentions.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Herbert von KarajanSelf - Conductor | Self - Conductor |
| TThomas StewartWotan | Wotan |
| VVladimir de KanelDonner (actor) | Donner (actor) |
| LLeif RoarDonner (singer) | Donner (singer) |
| HHermann EsserFroh | Froh |
 Peter SchreierLoge | Loge |
| ZZoltán KelemenAlberich | Alberich |
| GGerhard StolzeMime | Mime |
| GGerd NienstedtFasolt (actor) | Fasolt (actor) |
| KKarl RidderbuschFasolt (singer) | Fasolt (singer) |
| LLouis HendrikxFafner | Fafner |
| BBrigitte FassbaenderFricka | Fricka |
 Jeannine AltmeyerFreia | Freia |
| MMartha MödlErda (actor) | Erda (actor) |
| BBirgit FinniläErda (singer) | Erda (singer) |
| EEva RandováWoglinde | Woglinde |
 Edda MoserWellgunde | Wellgunde |
| LLiselotte RebmannFlosshilde | Flosshilde |