Das Rheingold
04/02/11 12:58PM
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
A scene from Wagner's "Das Rheingold" in Robert Lepage's production, with Franz-Josef Selig as Fasolt, Bryn Terfel as Wotan, Hans-Peter Konig as Fafner, Stephanie Blythe as Fricka and Wendy Bryn Harmer as Freia. Taken at the Met on September 20, 2010.
Bryn Terfel portrays Wotan in the live Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen.
Playlist
12:58pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |
1:09pm
Das Rheingold
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fabio Luisi |
| Soloists | Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone ; Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano ; Eric Owens, bass-baritone ; Wendy Bryn Harmer, soprano ; Arnold Bezuyen, tenor ; Gerhard Siegel, tenor |
| Record co./Cat # | Met Broadcast |
| Release Year | 2011 |
3:52pm
Samson: "Thus when the sun from 's wat'ry bed"
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | English Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Raymond Leppard |
| Soloists | Robert Tear, tenor |
| CD/Album | Handel: Samson |
| Record co./Cat # | Erato 71240 [vinyl] |
| Release Year | 1980 |
4:00pm
The Ring of the Nibelungs (An analysis)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Anna Russell |
| CD/Album | The Anna Russell Album |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 47252 |
4:24pm
Die Walküre: "Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond"
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Georg Solti |
| Soloists | James King, tenor ; Régine Crespin, soprano |
| CD/Album | Richard Wagner - Die Walküre |
| Record co./Cat # | London 414105 |
| Release Year | 1965 |
4:41pm
Tristan und Isolde: Act I finale
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Thomas Beecham |
| Soloists | Kirsten Flagstad, soprano ; Lauritz Melchior, tenor |
| CD/Album | Wager: Tristan und Isolde |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 64037 |
| Release Year | 1991 |
4:47pm
Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Thomas Beecham |
| Soloists | Kirsten Flagstad, soprano |
| CD/Album | Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Carlos Kleiber |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 64037 |
| Release Year | 1991 |
4:55pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |