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"One of the most monumental works of art in any medium, Richard Wagner's four-part Der Ring des Nibelungen has enthralled and intimidated opera-going audiences ever since its 1876 premiere. The grand saga of gods, giants, dwarves, men, and their struggle for an all-powerful ring begins as little more than a rumble in the orchestra at the beginning of Das Rheingold, the first installment of the cycle. In this radio broadcast from the 2018-19 season, Philippe Jordan conducts a thrilling performance, which builds both musically and dramatically from the opera's subdued opening bars to the triumphant finale. The all-star ensemble cast features a number of accomplished Wagnerians: from bass-baritone Greer Grimsley and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as the unhappy rulers of the gods, Wotan and Fricka, to baritone Tomasz Konieczny as the scheming dwarf Alberich to basses Günther Groissböck and Dmitry Belosselskiy as the giants Fasolt and Fafner. Presented without intermission, the work is a single sweeping story that sets up the many complex issues to come in the next three operas of Wagner's Ring cycle."--Website

Table of Contents:

• Vorspiel
• Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle!
• Garstig glatter glitsch'riger Glimmer!
• Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin lacht in den Grund
• Der Welt Erbe gewänn' ich zu eigen durch dich?
• Interlude
• Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache!
• Nur Wonne schafft dir, was mich erschreckt?
• Sanft schloss Schlaf dein Aug'
• Was sagst du?
• Endlich Loge!
• Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn!
• Dir's zu melden gelobt' ich den Mädchen
• Hör', Wotan, der Harrenden Wort!
• Über Stock und Stein zu Tal
• Wotan, Gemahl! unsel'ger Mann!
• Interlude
• Hehe! Hehe! Hieher! Hieher! Tückischer Zwerg!
• Nibelheim hier
• Was wollt ihr hier?

• Auf wonnigen Höhn?
• Ohe! Ohe! Schreckliche Schlange
• Interlude
• Da, Vetter, sitze du fest!
• Gezahlt hab' ich: nun lasst mich ziehn!
• Bin ich nun frei?
• Faslot und Fafner nahen von fern
• Gepflanzt sind die Pfähle nach Pfandes maass
• Freia, die schöne, schau' ich nicht mehr
• Weiche, Wotan! weiche!
• Halt, du Gieriger!
• Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft
• Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge
• Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!

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Author/Creator:

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 , composer

Contributors:

Grimsley, Greer , performer

Barton, Jamie , performer

Konieczny, Tomasz, 1972- , performer

Ernst, Norbert, 1977- , performer

Jordan, Philippe , conductor

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

German

Language Notes:

Sung in German.

Main Work:

Ring des Nibelungen [by Wagner, R.] > Rheingold

Subjects:

Operas

Live sound recordings — New York (State) — New York

Live sound recordings

New York (State) — New York

Genres:

Operas

Performers:

Greer Grimsley ; Jamie Barton ; Tomasz Konieczny ; Norbert Ernst ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Philippe Jordan, conductor.

General Notes:

Title from website.
Recorded live March 9, 2019 the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 21 min.))

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1901099
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1901100
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International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1901130
Universal Product Code: 810004201125

OCLC Numbers:

1203061709