Credits:

Pierre Boulez

Description:

This is a recording of "Gold of the Rhine" from the 1980 recording of the much-talked-about production of "The Ring of the Nibelung" by Patrice Chéreau, who was active as a theater director when he was asked to direct the 100th anniversary performance of the Bayreuth premiere of "The Ring of the Nibelung" in 1976. Although the setting of the opera in the Industrial Revolution was controversial at first, it was later highly praised by the Bayreuth audience, and with the tight performance conducted by Boulez, the opera is still talked about as a masterpiece today. (C)RS