Das Rheingold (DVD): Pierre Audi, Hartmut Haenchen, Graham Clark, John Bröcheler, Henk Smit, Reinhild Runkel, Anne Gjevang
Stage director: Pierre Audi
Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen
Wotan John Bröcheler
Donner Jürgen Freier
Froh Albert Bonnema
Loge Chris Merritt
Alberich Henk Smit
Mime Graham Clark
Fasolt Peter Mikulás
Fafner Carsten Stabell
Fricka Reinhild Runkel
Freia Carola Höhn
Erda Anne Gjevang
Woglinde Gabriele Fontana
Wellgunde Hanna Schaer
Flosshilde Catherine Keen
Der Ring des Nibelungen: Vorabend
Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam in 1999
Der Ring des Nibelungen / John Brocheler, Graham Clark, Chris Merritt, Henk Smit, Reinhild Runkel, Albert Bonnema, Hartmut Haenchen, Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, Opus ArteReviews
The Gods are from Star Wars. Fasolt and Fafner are clay figures from Mesopotamia. Mime is a green insect. The colours are combinations of red, black, white, green. Erda is half-black, half-white.
As the epic spaces and mythologic presence counts for much in Rheingold, one may almost get away with a less than ideal casting, both vocally and dramatically. Which they seem to have taken advantages of in this production as none of the cast is particularly memorable. When only Mime (Graham Clark) delivers a first-rate performance, there is room for improvement.
Mostly Opera
Other DVDs of Der Ring des Nibelungen
The Chéreau Ring
Kupfer's Bayreuth Ring
The Metropolitan Ring
The Copenhagen Ring
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Das Rheingold
The Ring on DVD
Chéreau/Boulez Ring -
Kupfer/Barenboim Ring -
The Copenhagen Ring -
Schenk/Levine Ring -
Stuttgart Ring -
Kupfer/de Billy Ring -
Amsterdam Ring
Interviews with: Anne Evans, Graham Clark, Iréne Theorin, Stephen Gould
Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival - The Ring on CD -