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Rheingold, Das
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First performed as a cycle of four operas in 1876, Wagner's visionary Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the NibeIung) is one of the greatest works of art. Centred around a ring which offers its bearer ultimate power and the attempts of various people to acquire it, the Ring cycIe explores the relationship between love and earthly power and the themes of yearning and loss, aIl within a setting of medievaI legend. The Prologue Das RheingoId 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 aIso Music Director of the DaIlas 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 Philharmonic Orchestras. He made highIy acclaimed débuts with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Jaap van Zweden's recording activities have included the compIete Beethoven (Residentie Orchester), Brahms (Netherlands PhiIharmonic) and Bruckner (NetherIands Radio Philharmonic) 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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