Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold

LA Opera's production of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold. First opera of the Ring cycle. Directed by Achim Freyer.

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Entertainment

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• la opera
• wagner
• das rheingold
• ring cycle
• achim freyer
• james conlon
• graham clark
• vitalij kowaljow
• arnold bezuyen
• morris robinson
• eric halfvarson
• michelle deyoung
• gordon hawkins
• ellie dehn
• jill grove

[HeySalle]

Saw the production (and have seen other Rings) Great voices, Consistently interesting, beautiful, experiential. About as far as you can get from park and bark, horns and fur. I recommend seeing it.

[Redteez]

The video does not do justice to the production.

It is zany, bold and thoroughly enjoyable. And the music is the star. Can't wait for Die Walkure next month.

[jcleo77]

I recently saw Freyer's new Rheingold for the opera in Mannheim. Very similar in concept to this one, though done with a much smaller budget and therefore not as visually impressive (but the giants looked better in Mannheim). As drama, I didn't think the Mannheim version worked at all. Very static, with lots of motifs that simply made no sense whatsoever, and nothing that illuminated the story or brought something new to it. So apparently not much difference to the LA version...

[Shogunmiyuchan]

OOO, Star Wars! :P

[windstorm1000]

Terrible production

[mongemark]

a very big big big shit ...poor Wagner!!

[MarcusHolly]

@Sammyjackson1488  I hope so.

[tt0308]

Opera usually provides outrages plots - why shouldn't the staging be outrages too. People who complain of new approaches are basically understanding opera as some kind of museum - which will put an end to this fantastic form of art sooner or later. Let them make some experiments and create breathtaking theater and the younger audience will wait in long lines to see it!

[TheAaronmoses]

Wagnern als Comic-Strip !!! Cool, darauf hätte man schon lange kommen müssen... Ich finde es klasse ... AR.

[Jaydoggy531]

@Sammyjackson1488

(cont.)... in the creation of a new famous artist. Essentially, it's everyone hoping to be famous and to be involved with someone who is famous. There have been cases of careers destroyed and people fired because of disagreeing with such directors. And people wonder why less and less want to go to the opera house...

[Jaydoggy531]

@Sammyjackson1488

It is especially present in Wagner's music because of the Wagner family's involvement with Hitler. Today the family is not. Originally their new stagings became more minimal, but when other directors got involved with the principles of dada, regietheater became rampant. In truth, the majority of audiences do not approve, and it attracts less new-comers to opera (and scares some away). They are praised only by critics hoping that they will be involved in the creation of...