The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold (2016)

Frank Castorf revolutionised German-language theatre in the post-Berlin Wall era, bringing to the stage intellectual and political acuteness, brash references and a not infrequent use of crude humour. He brought these qualities to the Bayreuth Festival where his production of the Ring ran from 2013 to 2017. This 2016 recording of Das Rheingold captures Marek Janowski's festival debut as conductor of this unique production, in which Castorf replaces the Rheingold with oil as the central commodity in a pre-capitalist society. The first night of the Ring cycle begins at a gas station off of Route 66, the main road connecting the East and West coasts of the USA, that played an important role in commerce in the 1920s.

Cast (15)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Iain Paterson

Wotan

Markus Eiche

Donner

Tansel Akzeybek

Froh

Roberto Saccà

Loge

Sarah Connolly

Fricka

Caroline Wenborne

Freia

Nadine Weissmann

Erda

Albert Dohmen

Alberich

Andreas Conrad

Mime

Günther Groissböck

Fasolt

K

Karl-Heinz Lehner

Fafner

Alexandra Steiner

Woglinde

Stephanie Houtzeel

Wellgunde

Wiebke Lehmkuhl

Floßhilde

Marek Janowski

Self - Conductor

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