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Das Rheingold / Richard Wagner.

Met Opera on Demand Available online

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, composer, composer.
Contributor:
Thebom, Blanche, performer, performer.
Vinay, Ramon, performer, performer.
Uhde, Hermann, 1914-1965, performer, performer.
Davidson, Lawrence (Baritone), performer, performer.
Stiedry, Fritz, conductor, conductor.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer, performer.
Standardized Title:
Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold
Language:
German
Subjects (All):
Operas.
Live sound recordings--New York (State)--New York.
Live sound recordings.
New York (State)--New York.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Operas.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 21 min., 22 sec.))
Other Title:
Met Opera on Demand.
Place of Publication:
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1957]
Language Note:
Sung in German.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
digital
audio file streaming audio file
Summary:
The beginning of Das Rheingold takes the listener right into the mystical atmosphere of the Ring cycle. Out of the darkness, from the depths of the River Rhine, come the mysterious notes that signal the birth of life itself. Soon we're in the middle of a rousing tale of ambition, greed, promises made and broken, of gods, dwarfs, and giants. They all desire one thing--the magical Rhine gold that bestows unlimited power over the world. Hermann Uhde is Wotan, lord of the gods, Ramon Vinay sings his cunning advisor Loge, and the young James McCracken, before his days as a dramatic tenor, shines as the god Froh.
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!
Ueber Stock und Stein zu Tal
Wotan, Gemahl! unsel'ger Mann!
Hehe! Hehe! Hieher! Hieher! Tückischer Zwerg!
Nibelheim hier
Wer hülfe mir?
Was wollt ihr hier?
Auf wonnigen Höhn?
Ohe! Ohe! Schreckliche Schlange
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!
Participant:
Blanche Thebom ; Ramon Vinay ; Hermann Uhde ; Lawrence Davidson ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Fritz Stiedry, conductor.
Notes:
Recorded live in 1957 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Duration: 2 hr., 21 min., 22 sec.
Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
OCLC:
859397055
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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