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Immortals and human passions in New York Philharmonic’s Das Rheingold under Alan Gilbert

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 1 June 2017
Wagner, Das Rheingold (Concert performance)
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Louisa Muller, Director
David C. Woolard, Costume Designer
Eric Owens, Wotan
Christopher Purves, Alberich
Russell Thomas, Loge
Brian Jagde, Froh
Christian Van Horn, Donner
Peter Bronder, Mime
Jamie Barton, Fricka
Kelley O'Connor, Erda
Morris Robinson, Fasolt
Stephen Milling, Fafner
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Freia
Jennifer Johnson Cano, Wellgunde
Jennifer Zetlan, Woglinde
Tamara Mumford, Flosshilde
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