Its the premiere of Wagners Das Rheingold at the National Theatre Munich on 22 September 1869! Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, is the first of the four operas that constitute Richard Wagners Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). It was originally written as an introduction to the tripartite Ring, but the cycle is now generally regarded as consisting of four individual operas. Wagner wanted this opera to premiere as part of the entire cycle, but was forced to allow the performance at the insistence of his patron King Ludwig II of Bavaria. The opera was first performed as part of the complete cycle on 13 August 1876, in the Bayreuther Festspielhaus. Let us watch a performance by The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Source: Wikipedia
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 03:00:14 +0000
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