tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998744234538946992.post4437167466150274461..comments2024-02-15T07:56:02.706+00:00Comments on Capriccio: Das Rheingold at the ROHCapricciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066947469648187572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998744234538946992.post-43293872076348492382012-10-02T15:55:53.980+01:002012-10-02T15:55:53.980+01:00"Das Rheingold is an opera that's easy to...<i>"Das Rheingold is an opera that's easy to like but hard to love"</i><br /><br />Sigh... I took to <i>Das Rheingold</i> as duck-to-water very early on. It will always be among my all time favourite operas.<br /><br /><i>"And the final 20 minutes, from Erda's warning onwards are truly gorgeous music"</i><br /><br />For me it begins earlier with Loge's: <br /><br />"Fasolt und Fafner nahen von fern; Freia fuhren sie her"... onwards to the end (approximately 35 minutes) <br /><br />It is uniquely beautiful and in my book it is Wagner at his pure best.<br /><br />The Wistful Pelleastrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391989065502028363noreply@blogger.com