Das Rheingold (1980)

• 77%
• 1980
• Música
• Donald McIntyre
• Martin Egel
• Siegfried Jerusalem

This is a beautifully conducted and thoughtfully staged performance of the first opera (the prologue) en Wagner s Anillo de Ciclo. As soon As the clouds of mist have dissipated, while the daring, long-héroe opening chord is still reverberating, the screen clear to show not only the Rhine River and the three maidens (dressed like prostitutes in this production) assigned to guard the gold hidden there. It also espectáculos enormous dam (not mentioned en Wagner'texto). This is the underwater base of a hydroelectric plant and its presence tells us two things immediately: that this production takes the story out of the vaguely medieval fantasy world in which Wagner had placed it, and that a basic theme of the four-opera ciclo would be power. Alberich, the Nibelungo, is willing to renounce the love of women, after stealing the gold from the Rhine, to become the ruler of the world. Another basic theme is la codicia.