Das Rheingold / Wagner ; production by Robert Lepage ; directed by Gary Halvorson ; [presented by] the Metropolitan opera ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik.

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The first opera in Wagner's Ring cycle, in which the Rhinegold is stolen and made into a ring by the dwarf Alberich, who later curses it when it is taken from him.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold Metropolitan Opera HD live. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author:	Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Corporate Authors:	Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
Other Authors:	Lepage, Robert, 1957- Halvorson, Gary Terfel, Bryn Croft, Dwayne Croft, Richard, 1959- Owens, Eric Siegel, Gerhard, 1963- Selig, Franz-Josef König, Hans-Peter Blythe, Stephanie Harmer, Wendy Bryn Bardon, Patricia Oropesa, Lisette Cano, Jennifer Johnson Mumford, Tamara Levine, James, 1943-2021 Fillion, Carl St-Aubin, François Boucher, Etienne Voigt, Deborah Briccetti, Louisa Warivonchik, Victoria Diegel, Adam Thomason, Paul
Language:	German English French Spanish Chinese
Language of the Original:	German
Language and/or Writing System:	Sung in German; subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese.
Published:	Berlin : Deutsche Grammophon, [2012]
Edition:	[Widescreen].
Series:	Metropolitan Opera HD live. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Operas. Gold theft > Drama. Rings > Drama. Dwarfs (Folklore) > Drama. Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:	Drama.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	The first opera in Wagner's Ring cycle, in which the Rhinegold is stolen and made into a ring by the dwarf Alberich, who later curses it when it is taken from him.
Note:	DVD accompanied by booklet of program notes (page 20). . Preliminary evening of the stage festival The Ring of the Nibelung. Series from disc label. Libretto by the composer. "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production." Videodisc release of a 2010 television program. Extras (12 min.): rehearsal; back stage at the Met; Deborah Voigt interviews Bryn Terfel. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CY5 D0147341 VideoDVD DVD 65135
Credits:	Camera, Miguel Armstrong ... [et al.] ; set designer, Carl Fillion ; costume designer, François St-Aubin ; lighting designer, Etienne Boucher ; DVD producer, Harald Gericke.
System Details:	DVD; sound formats: PCM stereo., DTS 5.1; picture format: NTSC, 16:9; region code 0 (worldwide).
Participant or Performer:	Host, Deborah Voigt ; Bryn Terfel (Wotan) ; Dwayne Croft (Donner) ; Adam Diegel (Froh) ; Richard Croft (Loge) ; Eric Owens (Alberich) ; Gerhard Siegel (Mime) ; Franz-Josef Selig (Fasolt) ; Hans-Peter König (Fafner) ; Stephanie Blythe (Fricka) ; Wendy Bryn Harmer (Freia) ; Patricia Bardon (Erda) ; Lisette Oropesa (Woglinde) ; Jennifer Johnson (Wellgunde) ; Tamara Mumford (Floßhilde) ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor.
Event Details:	Broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, October 9, 2010.