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Das Rheingold

    

The Metropolitan Opera presents Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle. This week, the first installment, "Das Rheingold."


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Das Rheingold
by Richard Wagner

 

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, the Metropolitan Opera presents Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle. In the epic's first installment, "Das Rheingold," the theft of the Rhinegold and Alberich's curse set in motion the tragic events that will lead to the downfall of the gods.

 Conductor: Fabio Luisi

CAST:

Freia: Wendy Bryn Harmer
Fricka: Stephanie Blythe
Erda: Meredith Arwady
Loge: Stefan Margita
Mime: Gerhard Siegel
Wotan: Mark Delavan
Alberich: Eric Owens
Fasolt: Franz-Josef Selig
Fafner: Hans-Peter König


Start time: 10:00 AM on Capital Public Radio.
Approximate running time 2 hrs. 30 min.


Future Met Opera "Ring" performances on Capital Public Radio:

Die Walküre - April 13; 9:00 AM
Siegfried - April 20; 9:00 AM
Götterdämmerung - May 11; 9:00 AM

 
Saturday, April 06, 2013

Play List

12:00p
12:49p
Alun Hoddinott: Folksong Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor; Label: Marco Polo; Number: 225048 FindBUY FindBUY
1:00p
1:00p
Jan Vaclav Knezek: Clarinet Concerto in Bb major - S. W. German Chamber Orchestra of Pforzheim; Gernot Schmalfuss, conductor; Dieter Klocker, clarinet; Label: Novalis; Number: 150158 FindBUY
1:20p
Jacques Offenbach: LA BELLE HELENE: Overture - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; Dieter Klocker, clarinet; Label: Chandos; Number: 9765 FindBUY
1:30p
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 7 "Lodron" in F major K 242 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION) - Berlin Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano duo; Semyon Bychkov, piano; Label: Philips; Number: 426241 FindBUY
1:56p
ANONYMOUS: Contredanses parisiennes - Ensemble Caprice; Matthias Maute, conductor; Label: NPR Classics; Number: 100 FindBUY
2:00p
2:08p
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 4 (arr. for trumpet and organ) in A major BWV 1055 ; Alison Balsom, trumpet; Colm Carey, Organ; Label: EMI Classics; Number: 58047 FindBUY
2:23p
Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Opus 30 - Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor; Label: Deutsche Grammophon; Number: 410959 FindBUY

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