Where to Watch Wagner: Das Rheingold

Looking to feast your eyes on 'Wagner: Das Rheingold' on your TV or mobile device at home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Brian Large-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do right by you.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Wagner: Das Rheingold' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Wagner: Das Rheingold' right now, here are some finer points about the Unitel Classics, Deutsche Grammophon music flick.

Released , 'Wagner: Das Rheingold' stars Pierre Boulez, Donald McIntyre, Martin Egel, Siegfried Jerusalem The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 23 min, and received a user score of 64 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 4 well-known users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "This is a beautifully conducted and thoughtfully staged performance of the first opera (the prologue) in Wagner's Ring Cycle. As soon as the clouds of mist have dissipated, while the daring, long-held opening chord is still reverberating, the screen clears to show not only the River Rhine and the three maidens (dressed like prostitutes in this production) assigned to guard the gold hidden there. It also shows an enormous dam (not mentioned in Wagner's text). This is the underwater base of a hydroelectric plant, and its presence tells us two things immediately: that this production takes the story out of the vaguely medieval fantasy world in which Wagner had placed it, and that a basic theme of the four-opera cycle would be power. Alberich, the Nibelung, is willing to renounce the love of women, after stealing the gold from the Rhine, to become the ruler of the world. Another basic theme is greed." .