Where to watch · United States
Not on any service here yet.
Wagner: Das Rheingold (1978)
Directed by Herbert von Karajan
Music · 2h 23m
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.
Cast
Herbert von Karajan
Self - Conductor
T
Thomas Stewart
Wotan
V
Vladimir de Kanel
Donner (actor)
L
Leif Roar
Donner (singer)
H
Hermann Esser
Froh
Peter Schreier
Loge
Z
Zoltán Kelemen
Alberich
G
Gerhard Stolze
Mime
G
Gerd Nienstedt
Fasolt (actor)
K
Karl Ridderbusch
Fasolt (singer)
L
Louis Hendrikx
Fafner
B
Brigitte Fassbaender
Fricka
Crew
- Director
- Herbert von Karajan
- Writer
- Richard Wagner
- Director of Photography
- Ernst Wild
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Wagner
Details
- Release date
- 1978-05-31
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Genres
- Music
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Unitel, Deutsche Grammophon