Das Rheingold 34 years old

From the gorgeous scene deep in the river Rhine that opens the opera, up to the magic Rainbow Bridge that appears at the end, leading to a glistening Valhalla, Otto Schenk’s production captures the scenic world of Wagner’s Ring as brilliantly as James Levine and the Met orchestra capture the musical world. The cast is incomporable: an astounding James Morris as the young god Wotan, the great Christa Ludwig as his wife Fricka, incandescent Siegfried Jerusalem as Loge, the wily god of fire, and Ekkehard Wlaschiha as a complex Alberich.

Credits

James Morris as Wotan

Heinz Zednik as Mime

Kaaren Erickson as Woglinde

Birgitta Svendén as Erda

Christa Ludwig as Fricka

Mark Baker as Froh

Das Rheingold Cast

Name	Character
James Morris He was 43, now 77 years old	as Wotan
Heinz Zednik He was 50, now 84 years old	as Mime
Kaaren Erickson	as Woglinde
Birgitta Svendén She was 38, now 72 years old	as Erda
Christa Ludwig She was 62, now 96 years old	as Fricka
Mark Baker He was 43, now 77 years old	as Froh
Siegfried Jerusalem He was 50, now 84 years old	as Loge

Das Rheingold Crew

Name	Department
Richard Wagner as Original Music Composer. He was 176 (69) years old when He died	Sound
Richard Wagner as Writer. He was 176 (69) years old when He died	Writing
Otto Schenk as Writer. He was 59 (now 93) years old	Writing
Brian Large as Director. He was 51 (now 85) years old	Directing

Das Rheingold (34 years)

Release day: Monday, April 23, 1990
Runtime: 163 minutes