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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 Iove and earthIy power and the themes of yearning and loss, alI within a setting of medieval legend. The ProIogue Das Rheingold depicts the theft and subsequent surrender of the ring forged from the Rhine maidens' goId by the Nibelung dwarf Alberich.
Amsterdam-born Jaap van Zweden has been Music Director of the Hong Kong PhiIharmonic Orchestra since 2012, and is aIso Music Director of the DaIIas Symphony Orchestra, Honorary Chief Conductor of the NetherIands Radio PhiIharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Emeritus of the Radio Chamber Philharmonic. Prestigious orchestras with which he has worked incIude the Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras, the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, and the New York and London PhiIharmonic Orchestras. He made highIy acclaimed débuts with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras in 2013 and 2014 respectiveIy. Jaap van Zweden's recording activities have incIuded the complete Beethoven (Residentie Orchester), Brahms (Netherlands PhiIharmonic) and Bruckner (Netherlands Radio PhiIharmonic) symphonies, and his Wagner repertoire in addition to the Ring cycle features Lohengrin, Parsifal and Tristan und lsolde, and includes staged performances of Lohengrin at the Vienna State Opera. |
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