Ewa Podles sings Erda in Das Rheingold LIVE 2005 in Seattle

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The great contralto Ewa Podles ascends as Erda from the Earth and warns the gods of their impending fate. From the Seattle Opera production of Wagner's Das Rheingold, August 2005. Starring Greer Grimsley in the role of Wotan.

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  • Ewa Podles is amazing. There are no words. I truly love her singing. She is absolutely unique in the world of opera today.

  • How is possible that Wotan didn't take care of the advice of SUCH POWERFUL Erda???!!!!

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  • This is truly fantastic! I have only heard Ewa Podles once, in Nice, as Klytemnestra, and it was one of the most amazing things I ever heard in my life. Her voice is so powerful that reduced even the wonderful Elektra to pieces! Oh, and she was so graceful with her colleague when receiving the standing ovation (she pushed her forward). Such a great artist, I think I own by now all her available records! (I even went to visit Warsaw for her!)

  • Excellent singing, conducting and production - the only Ring I would like to see as it's true to the composer's intention. Well done Seattle!!

  • i'd like this a thousand times if i could

  • Grandiose!

  • Bravissima!

  • @LohengrinT That's true. Many friends warned me never to get married….:(

  • @asisecanta

    you never obey to the one who foresees your destruction - never

  • This clip along with Astrid Varnay's Kostelnicka are the two single Opera Videos in Youtube I envy for not having them posted them myself.

    She is undoubtedly the greatest Erda I have heard - surpasses even Christa's Erda. I really hope Ewa sings more Wagner - Strauss, her Extreme Musicianship can make wonders in this most difficult music

  • This is terrific. A contralto is needed for the role of Erda. I compared it with the Christa Ludwig recording and this is what Erda should sound like.

  • > Starring Greer Grimsley in the role of Wotan.

    Not much star quality in the little contribution he makes here!

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