Where to Watch Wagner: Das Rheingold

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Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Wagner: Das Rheingold' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Wagner: Das Rheingold' right now, here are some particulars about the Unitel Classics, Deutsche Grammophon music flick.

Wagner: Das Rheingold starring Pierre Boulez, Donald McIntyre, Martin Egel, Siegfried Jerusalem has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 23 min, and a scheduled release date of .

It received a user score of 64/100 on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 4 top users.

Curious about the story behind it? 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." .