Wagner: Das Rheingold
Directed by Herbert von Karajan
Plot
This 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.
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Cast
Herbert von Karajan
Self - Conductor
Thomas Stewart
Wotan
Vladimir de Kanel
Donner (actor)
Leif Roar
Donner (singer)
Hermann Esser
Froh
Peter Schreier
Loge
Zoltán Kelemen
Alberich
Gerhard Stolze
Mime
Gerd Nienstedt
Fasolt (actor)
Karl Ridderbusch
Fasolt (singer)
Louis Hendrikx
Fafner
Brigitte Fassbaender
Fricka
Jeannine Altmeyer
Freia
Martha Mödl
Erda (actor)
Birgit Finnilä
Erda (singer)