Finale from "Das Rheingold" by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883), the first opera in of the Ring Cycle, "Der Ring des Nibelungen". In this scene, the thunder god Donner (Thor) summons a storm to clear the atmosphere and Froh (Freyr) builds a rainbow bridge to allow the gods passage into the newly constructed palace Walhall (Valhalla). Only the trickster god of fire Loge (Loki) remains on earth, telling the audience that he wishes destruction on the gods for their deceit. Finally, the Rhine-maidens mourn the loss of their magical gold and declare that the glory of the gods is an illusion.
Donner: Norman Welsby
Froh: Robert Ferguson
Wotan: Norman Bailey
Fricka: Katherine Pring
Loge: Emile Belcourt
Drei Rheintöchter: Valerie Masterson, Shelagh Squires, Helen Attfield
Conductor: Reginald Goodall
English National Opera Orchestra
Goodall is completely inside the music.
250Gory 1 month ago
@angelus2002 Goodall is awesome, in the proper sense of the word.
250Gory 1 month ago
Wow! The playing of the ENO orchestra is better than that of the NY Met, also on you tube.
TheVaughan5 1 month ago
fantastic. Goodall was influenced by Knappertsbusch. Slow but magnificent tempi plus the luxury of having Valerie Masterson as Woglinde.
angelus2002 3 months ago
Incredible
CptSchmidt 3 months ago
Could still do with the words here but thanks for uploading this. Love it.
lewars1912 4 months ago
lyrics would be apriciated :P me being norwegian and all
TheJohnSolid 4 months ago
Cool! First time I hear it in English.
MrRoulf 6 months ago
the thunder clap actually sounded like one for once! scared me!
fawbs80 6 months ago