The La Scala Rheingold in May 2010 inaugurated Guy Cassiers' Ring Cycle and introduced a completely new paradigm to this work. While before him Patrice Chéreau had laid his focus on an historical analysis from 1870 to 1930 Germany, Guy Cassiers’ Ring unfolds “from our own present-day moment; it [takes] place in ‘the now’, the Jetztzeit (Walter Benjamin), placing our present and our future into the context of the promises and curses that we have inherited from history … The Cassiers Ring shows how the globalized moment of 2010 continues to build on the Wagnerian vocabularies of 1870.” (Michael Steinberg)

Cast with a number of opera stars such as René Pape, Stephan Rügamer, Johannes Martin Kränzle or Anna Larsson and conducted by Daniel Barenboim, this Rheingold is bound to put the audience under its spell.

Cast:
- Wotan: René Pape
- Loge: Stephan Rügamer
- Alberich: Johannes Martin Kränzle
- Mime: Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
- Fasolt: Kwangchul Youn
- Fricka: Doris Soffel
- Erda: Anna Larsson

Stage Director: Guy Cassiers

Live recording from the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

“There was no single point in the performance lacking tension, and Barenboim was able to guide the orchestra through subtle atmospheres, poetic nuances and evocative moments.” - Musical Criticism

“The result is an unforgettable triumph which left the Milanese audience awestruck.” -  Wall Street Journal

Sound Format: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, dts-HD Master Audio 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9, 1080i High Definition
Format: DVD 9 / NTSC
Subtitle Languages: DE (Original Language), GB, FR, ES, IT, Korean
Running Time: 163 mins
FSK: 0
Region Code: 0
Worldwide available, excluding Japan