Das Rheingold II - finale

Der Ring des Nibelungen, a famous production from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980. Heinz Zednik as Loge, Donald McIntyre as Wotan, Siegfried Jerusalem is also seen as Froh. Conducted by Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chéreau.

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[TIBUIN]

Watch: watch?v=I5i3GjwIyb8

[Trisolde]

Great, thanks for posting! May you post it here as a video response?

[TheAmazingStalinist]

I love Germany. Lots of love from Bulgaria.

[wotansschwert]

absolutely mind-fucking...I thank you. x

[Napoleontas]

Salutations to the Great German nation from Greece.

[Annasea666]

come on Riff, put your hump into it!

[paulostroff99]

Delightful.TY Trisolde for posting.

[dungeonbachelor]

Loge reminds me of Riff Raff from the Rocky Horror Picture Show

[unclealand]

This is a splendid Ring, musically and conceptually. End of 35-year argument. It even gives a nice nod to Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" the way the gods desperately link their arms on their way to Valhalla and their doom.

[jgesselberty]

@platero55 Ha ha. Because the intelligent people who gave it catcalls just gave up.

[blechmusik]

@hoogestefan: Mahler war Tscheche? Kann jemand diesen Blödsinn löschen? 

[rollie911]

@krischan67

do not discount Die Walkure, the finale of act I "Siegmund heiss ich" is terrific, as is most of Act 3 and the last 20 minutes, Wotan's farewell, is probably the saddest and most dramatic music ever written.

[krischan67]

" Zur Burg führt die Brücke,

leicht und doch fest euerm Fuß

beschreitet ihr ihren schrecklosen Pfad"

Epic!

[platero55]

Is there some law that says that the Ring Cycle can only be staged with winged helmets and such? This isn't a fantasy about gods and heroes prancing through the forest, it's bone-chilling tale of gods and heroes coming to very bad ends brought about by their avarice, hypocrisy and/or stupidity. While a few "modern" productions have fallen on their faces, the Boulez/Chereau production was a spectacular success that was greeted with catcalls at first, and standing ovations later.