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Thursday Opera Matinee: The Ring

09/06/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert

Katie Derham presents Wagner's Das Rheingold, performed by Paris National Opera.

Katie Derham presents performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold given at the Paris National Opera, conducted by Philippe Jordan.

Today's opera matinee is Wagner's Das Rheingold, the first opera in his epic Ring Cycle. This performance from the Opéra Bastille in Paris is given by the Paris National Opera under conductor Philippe Jordan with Falk Struckmann as Wotan, Peter Sidhom as Alberich and Kim Begley as Loge. You can hear the whole Paris staging of the Ring Cycle in 'Afternoon on 3' between now and the 2011 BBC Proms: Die Walkure next week (15 to 17 June), Siegfried on 6 to 8 July and finally Gotterdammerung on 14 and 15 July.

Presented by Katie Derham.

Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee

Thursday Opera Matinee

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