| The BBC Proms - Das Rheingold Reviews | 25 April 2024 |
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Das RheingoldThe BBC PromsNo. of reviews: 15 | |
Spellbinding |
 29 Jul 13 / The Observer |
No staging, but still with all the earth-shattering impact you would expect from this fantastic cast |
| 25 Jul 13 / The Huffington Post |
The Proms Ring begins in resounding fashion |
| 25 Jul 13 / The Opera Critic |
An exciting first concert to kick off the indulgent Wagnerfest |
| 24 Jul 13 / Spear's |
Daniel Barenboim turns up the heat in a scintillating Ring as he embarks on the Proms' first complete cycle |
| 24 Jul 13 / Evening Standard |
The Berlin Staatskapelle just can’t put a finger wrong |
| 24 Jul 13 / Independent |
Wagner was sung creditably – and conducted superbly by Barenboim |
| 24 Jul 13 / Financial Times |
Where else can one hear a Ring cycle for as little as £20? |
| 24 Jul 13 / Classical Source |
A very strong start to the Proms Ring |
| 24 Jul 13 / Music OMH |
Despite a few quibbles here and there the results were revelatory |
| 24 Jul 13 / What's on Stage |
The playing of the Staatskapelle Berlin was praiseworthy in the extreme |
| 24 Jul 13 / Opera Britannia |
The Ring cycle - one down, three to go |
| 24 Jul 13 / The Guardian |
On magisterial form, Barenboim allowed the score to unfold as a single organic span |
| 23 Jul 13 / The Guardian |
Daniel Barenboim makes a glorious start to Wagner's supremely challenging Ring cycle |
| 23 Jul 13 / Telegraph |
Vocally and orchestrally sumptuous fellowship of the ring kicks off colossal Wagnerfest |
| 23 Jul 13 / The Arts Desk |
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Cast
Paterson, Buchwald, Vlad, Kränzle, Bronder, Milling, Halfvarson, Gubanova, Samuil, Larsson, Mikolaj, Gortsevskaya, Lapkovskaja, Rügamer
(c) Barenboim (d) Concert
Performance dates
22 July 2013
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