Das Rheingold

Richard Wagner Das Rheingold opera to libretto by the composer. Directed 2007 by Carlus Padrissa and La Fura dels Baus  at the Calatrava opera house Palau de las Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia. Stars Juha Uusitalo, Ilya Bannik, Germán Villar, John Daszak, Matti Salminen, Stephen Milling, Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Gerhardt Siegel, Anna Larsson, Sabina von Walther, Christa Mayer, Silvia Vázquez, Ann-Katrin Naidu, and Hannah Esther Minutillo. Zubin Mehta conducs the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Videos created by Franc Aleu; sets by Roland Olbeter; lighting by Peter van Praet; costumes by Chu Uroz; directed for TV by Tiziano Mancini. Grade: B+

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