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Frankfurt's Ring Cycle off to a good start with a straightforward Das Rheingold

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Reviewed at Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main on 8 July 2016
Wagner, Das Rheingold
Oper Frankfurt
Sebastian Weigle, Conductor
Vera Nemirova, Director
Jens Kilian, Set Designer
Ingeborg Bernerth, Costume Designer
James Rutherford, Wotan
Vuyani Mlinde, Donner
Beau Gibson, Froh
Kurt Streit, Loge
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Alberich
Hans-Jürgen Lazar, Mime
Alfred Reiter, Fasolt
Per Bach Nissen, Fafner
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Fricka
Lise Davidsen, Freia
Meredith Arwady, Erda
Jessica Strong, Woglinde
Jenny Carlstedt, Wellgunde
Katharina Magiera, Flosshilde
Orest Tichonov, Revival Director
Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
Bibi Abel, Video
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