Release Date

26 Jul, 2016

Runtime

02:25: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Frank Castorf revolutionised German-language theatre in the post-Berlin Wall era, bringing to the stage intellectual and political acuteness, brash references and a not infrequent use of crude humour. He brought these qualities to the Bayreuth Festival where his production of the Ring ran from 2013 to 2017. This 2016 recording of Das Rheingold captures Marek Janowski's festival debut as conductor of this unique production, in which Castorf replaces the Rheingold with oil as the central commodity in a pre-capitalist society. The first night of the Ring cycle begins at a gas station off of Route 66, the main road connecting the East and West coasts of the USA, that played an important role in commerce in the 1920s.

Original Title

Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold - Bayreuther Festspiele

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Actors

Iain Paterson

Markus Eiche

Tansel Akzeybek

Roberto Saccà

Sarah Connolly

Caroline Wenborne

Nadine Weissmann

Albert Dohmen

Andreas Conrad

Günther Groissböck

Karl-Heinz Lehner

Alexandra Steiner

Stephanie Houtzeel

Wiebke Lehmkuhl

Marek Janowski

Crew

Frank Castorf

Aleksandar Denić

Adriana Braga Peretzki

Rainer Casper

Frank Castorf

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

Marek Janowski