Der Ring des Nlbelungen
This month, Opera Matinée presents the complete Ring cycle by Wagner, staged this summer at the Bayreuth Festival.
Today, Clive Bennett presents the first episode, Das Rheingold , the story of the theft of the legendary gold from the Rhinemaidens by Alberich, of Wotan's theft of it from him, and of its acquisition by the giants Fasolt and Fafner.
Bayreuth Festival
Orchestra, conductor James Levine
