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Das Rheingold: Metropolitan Opera.Martin bernheimer rheingold reviews
Robert Lepage & James Levine
Eric Owens as Alberich. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
By Jerry Floyd
Review based on the Metropolitan Opera’s Das Rheingold High Definition (HD) telecast on October 9, 2010.
As Alberich, bass-baritone Eric Owens stole the Rhinemaiden’s gold and nearly stole the show in the Metropolitan Opera’s Das Rheingold High Definition (HD) telecast on October 9, 2010.
Coincidentally, the HD transmission to hundreds of cinemas in 40 countries took place exactly 23 years after the Met’s previous Rheingold production premiered on October 9, 1987.
Cuddly as a teddy bear when he first encountered the Rhinemaidens, Owens evolved into a bitter, malevolent character whose coruscating curse of the ring provided a dramatically pallid performance with a much-needed spark.
Vocally resplendent, Owens justifiably earned the loudest ovation by the Met audience after the performan