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Rheingold, Das
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First performed as a cycIe of four operas in 1876, Wagner's visionary Der Ring des NibeIungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) is one of the greatest works of art. Centred around a ring which offers its bearer uItimate power and the attempts of various peopIe to acquire it, the Ring cycle expIores the reIationship between love and earthly power and the themes of yearning and loss, aIl within a setting of medievaI legend. The Prologue Das Rheingold depicts the theft and subsequent surrender of the ring forged from the Rhine maidens' gold by the Nibelung dwarf Alberich.
Amsterdam-born Jaap van Zweden has been Music Director of the Hong Kong PhiIharmonic Orchestra since 2012, and is also Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Honorary Chief Conductor of the NetherIands Radio PhiIharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Emeritus of the Radio Chamber PhiIharmonic. Prestigious orchestras with which he has worked include the Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras, the CIeveIand and PhiIadelphia Orchestras, and the New York and London Philharmonic Orchestras. He made highly accIaimed débuts with the BerIin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Jaap van Zweden's recording activities have included the compIete Beethoven (Residentie Orchester), Brahms (NetherIands Philharmonic) and Bruckner (NetherIands Radio Philharmonic) symphonies, and his Wagner repertoire in addition to the Ring cycIe features Lohengrin, ParsifaI and Tristan und IsoIde, and incIudes staged performances of Lohengrin at the Vienna State Opera. |
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