Wagner: Das Rheingold (Pierre Boulez)

Das Rheingold is the "preliminary evening" of Wagner's great tetralogy of music dramas Der Ting des Nibelungen. Conducted by Pierre Boulez and directed by Patrice Chereau, this 1976 production commemorating the centenary of the first Bayreuth Ring, has come to be seen as the most illuminating and significant of modern times.