Das Rheingold， 2016 China National Opera House

China National Opera House, 2016 September 19th, in National Center for the Performing Arts China. I was performing the role Fafner.

[@EmperorCaligula_EC]

As German and Wagner fan for 35 years I enjoy this version much. Alas, German Opera houses mostly have ugly and depressing stagings. I love that China made such a vivid and enjoyable to watch production. Most singers have also a quite good diction, and as a German currently learning Mandarin, I have all the respect for any non native trying to sing German. Not all singers get is equally well, but many quite good. Also good voices. I enjoy watching this Rheingold time and again. :)

[@krystofdrechsler559]

Absolutely! Most European inscenations are horrible!

[@ToxicTurtleIsMad]

As a German you damn well know that they butchered this. Disgusting.

[@manolis.799]

So refreshing to see a traditional production after so much bullshit around the world.

[@telephilia]

Cheapskates cutting production costs is what drives some of this stuff out of Europe today.

[@MrLextune]

After WWII, Wagner's grandson, Wieland, in an attempt to free his grandfather's work from the appropriation it had suffered by the Nazis, stopped using the traditional stagings, going heavily symbolic, illuminating Wagner's acknowledged sub-text(s). There were about 70 years of traditional stagings before the war, and now we have had 70 years of Regietheater. I, for one, think we are ready to go back to the traditional/faithful stagings. Wagner abhorred totalitarianism, and militarism. He fearfully predicted future wars of mass annihilation. The world cannot allow Nazi seizure of some of the greatest music ever composed.

[@artguy0408]

Regietheater is not just about denazificstion. It's the German understanding of theatre as a form of art that always has to be connected with our time. And also for me this is the true form of art. The traditional productions look nicer but that's it.

[@Hervinbalfour]

@Anon Inconnu I agree. Contrary to popular belief this generation isn't interested in the modern stuff. With all the obsession over the years with movies like Lord of the Rings andHarry Potter people are obsessed with period sets. Yes people are ready for tradition again.

[@displaychicken]

Art Guy0408 maybe some of us aren’t as disconnected from traditional western civilization as others.

[@lukashauschild7980]

Das sind ja ein richtig liebevolles Bühnenbild und liebevoll gestaltete Kostüme. Für ein deutsches Auge sehr ungewohnt.

[@BenEmberley]

If Wagner himself saw this production. I'm very confident he'd love it. Not the modernist/surrealist stuff we see more of today. Good job, Ye :) Erda's warning was just plain scary.

[@hedoyoga]

If Wagner saw this Produktion he would have freaked out about the really Bad Bad Bad german. I am shocked how many people obviously look more at staging and dress. I dont like modern Interpretation as lately in Bayreuth. But dont you hear that they dont get the character of the music? And they dont even try to speak the words in german. Its nuisance german and almost every line has mistake. To my german ear and knowing the Text it is so sad to hear. And there are really good nongerman Wagner Singers! Look at Fura les Baus Valencia Rheingold. Hear matti Salminen (Fasolt) and Juha Uusitalo (Wotan) sing so wonderful and every german word is correct it is important as Wagner regarded himself as Poet too, and put much effort in the Sound of the words to Match the Orchestra.

[@sciagurrato1831]

@@hedoyogathanks for your very parochial viewpoint. Always good to know what the pedants think if only yo avoid falling into the trip of ignorance.

[@Tigerofthenight]

This is what Wagner wanted. The production is stunning.

[@20dty]

That's true.

[@themajor2072]

gillan5 Yes, as a matter of fact we do. Wagner happened to not be an idiot and left stage instructions in his libretto. I’d hope that if you’re not smart enough to realize this that you are at least smart enough to go and read the libretto for us if for no other reason than to spare us postmodern revisionism. Acknowledge when authorial intent is being respected and when it isn’t; if you’re going to violate that authorial intent at least have the honesty to stand by your disregard for what Wagner wanted.

[@Edwards-Videos]

@@themajor2072 I have seen productions where the director hasn't even read the libretto. For example, the Valkyries all showing up during Wotan's Farewell despite Wotan clearly stating in the libretto that they are not supposed to return or they would share Brunnhilde's fate.

[@themajor2072]

@@Edwards-Videos In all honesty libretto violation has been pretty par for the course. I myself consider any explicit violation of the libretto, which includes details of the scene (or, at least, the details that Wagner explicitly mentions in the libretto), to fall into this category. Of course, once you account for the scenery and costumes, basically every production of the 21st century does this. With Wagner it is particularly bad, I speculate it's because Wagner is inherently a lot, for lack of a better word, "smarter" than most opera. I mean that in the sense that Wagner took so much meticulous care in every aspect of his works and he loaded so much meaning into everything he did that Parsifal or Meistersinger are inevitably a far more complicated subject of discussion when compared to, say, Offenbach or Donizetti. Consequently, a theatre director who went to college and wants everyone to know it will take every possible opportunity to provide a 21st century perspective on the rather old hat sensibilities of opera. This might mean removing Lohengrin from any semblance of Germany to "recontextualize" the meanings of certain dramatic themes (the forbidden question for instance), or it could mean creating a production such that it inherently challenges Wagner's aesthetic and his perspective on the world (there is no better example than the most recent Meistersinger to come out of Bayreuth). To these directors, nothing is sacred, and so they will profit on a production of "Wagner" that Wagner himself would have absolutely never have wanted. It's not about the transgressions, or any deeper discussion on "Death of the Author"; my problem is that they will sell the production to the public as "Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen" as though they were merely faithful re-interpreters instead of uncreative hacks who find success not in their own work but by selling their bootleg reinterpretation of someone else's work as the genuine article.

[@paulhoffmann3405]

@@themajor2072 Well Wagner diverged from his own libretto for his staging of the "Ring"... and was dissatisfied by his own staging. He wanted to reduce the stage design and the effects, saying he wanted to create an "invisible theatre". Sounds pretty modern to me.

[@subkontrabasklarinet]

When you're looking for Wagner with "fantasy" production design, but the only one you find is from China because in Europe they prefer experiments.

[@Atrux1]

so sadly true... stop me "shitty modern staging", except la Fura del Baus maybe

[@Francescomedardo]

Otto Schenk Metropolitain opera...

[@hans-juergenkirstein3962]

Yes, I think we hit bottom when I saw Wotan dressed like a street person.

[@sgsmozart]

SF OPERA did a beautiful ring in 1985. The gods were dressed regally and actually LOOKED important.

[@artguy0408]

Hny, opera and theatre in general have to be interpretated modernly. Of cause you can such a production but than it's just 'nice' ans nothing more.

[@_vodkamartini_]

This is honestly the best production I've seen. Traditional but with modern technology. Absolutely stunning ❤

[@offrampt]

I agree totally. It is so wonderfully done.

[@michaelrobshaw4345]

Far superior to most western stagings to shame-this is one I would pay to go and see and hear.

[@_vodkamartini_]

@Amnesiac W. I have seen Chereau's Ring. I liked it a lot actually. It was my very first experience with the Ring Cycle because people spoke very highly of it.

[@markd523]

I agree that this is an excellent production, but as I recall, the 1990 NY Met performance actually showed the descent into Nibelheim. It was quite the desplay..

[@douglasmilton2805]

@Amnesiac W. I had the good fortune to be in the audience for the Chereau Ring (and also to know the man) and it was indeed wonderful. But I think he would have loved this.

[@albastros8829]

Pure Gold! 😊

[@didzouille]

Thanks to the China opera house ❤. Bayreuth could take lessons from them. Real Wagner’s staging. Really amazing. Bravo. From an old Wagner’s fan from france.

[@1947Rogerio]

SUPERB !!!

[@ajochum]

This is awesome. Far away from the pseudo-modern destructive stripped down productions they are doing in Europe. It's is so refreshing that see the Chinese stage the Ring with more genuine back to the roots romantic passion than the actual country of origin. Keep it up! That is a beacon of hope!

[@arpellpearson1808]

I agree. I am desperate after that recent post-modern production of Rheingold in Munich. Of course, this production is a remake of the old Metropolitan Opera version with James Morris.

[@leofcpm]

ajochum Apparently we depend on the Chinese in order to have a proper traditional setting for Der Ring now, since here in the West it's considered a nazi conception.

[@stanochocki8984]

True. Oddly, the West does not yet perceive the fact that their Ende is neigh. The West is in Gotterdammerung. Not only for the Chinese Artist here have shown that the West is superfluous. As China can easily imitate that which will soon become a Ghost--a Legend of the Western Ring. LOL

[@pinintra]

totally agree !!!

[@marniespeaks]

you're wrong, the west will live, Albrecht and his tribe will be exposed again, cast aside as always beaten by Wotan and the gold will once again be returned to the Rhine, Siegfried and his ilk will again flourish.

[@davidwright8432]

Stunning! Clarity of singing and instrumentation, acoustics, The designs, stagecraft, 'production values' - Das ist ein Uber-Wagner! The way he imagined it, i'm sure. Great kudos to all concerned.

[@jgesselberty]

Love the production. So much better than the cartoonish productions being done in Europe and America.

[@foveauxbear]

I watched this through. I take my hat off to the Chinese for staging such a MARVELLOUS Rhinegold. Yes, the orchestra's brass were out of tune occasionally and other such things that more ensemble playing will sort out. The singers, superb, their German wasn't bad at all. The costumes were simply breathtaking, sets and back montage was just amazing. I love the rainbow bridge, one company actually did this, go figure. I actully found the very final moments extremely emotional, bravo!

[@germanwittgenstein4974]

CHINA REPRESENTS MARVELLOUS OPERAS.ELPADRINO

[@janssen18]

Alberich literally didn’t even speak the text and just mumbled most of the time….

[@ottowalter6102]

This is totally awesome! Not joking, I love it! And as a native German, their German is excellent and perfectly understandable. Pretty much accent free. Well except for Alberich at the beginning...

[@Jaydoggy531]

Stage and costumes are absolutely wonderful! Great job to the whole crew!

[@dennispearson9287]

MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION !!! BAYREUTH HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING ON THIS LEVEL !!! THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED TO THE NEW KINGS OF THE RING CYCLE !!! THE CHINESE PEOPLE !!!!!......

[@stefanzantes8818]

You obviously haven't seen the Barenboim/Kupfer Ring Production at Bayreuth, but they indeed did a great Job at China National State Opera.

[@LendallPitts]

A thoroughly enjoyable production on every level. I happen to be channeling Richard Wagner at the moment, and he wanted me to let everyone know that he loves it to. :"If only I could have done it this well at Bayreuth!" That's what he says.

[@terryhammond1253]

How I wish this production was available on DVD

[@alexreik424]

Ye Chin: you and your compatriots are the foremost champions, worldwide, of Wagner

[@OnkelAdiSuperstar]

To think Wagner used to join in the whole yellow peril craze 🤣 I bet after ww1 and ww2 he ought to change his perspective about da hwhite race now.

[@rivera123v]

Thank you very much for sharing this impressive stage and congratulations for your performance of the giant Fafner! It is astounding watching a performance very Chinese but with the soul of Wagner, this shows how the Wagner’s Ring tetralogy is really universal. I miss subtitles in English.

[@mickmikado]

love this, probably nearer to what the original productions would have looked like. Thanks for posting

[@carolinem.-j.6645]

Congratulations for chineese singers to learn and to sing something so difficult, so long and in german. When europeans could sing and act in chineese opera....

[@davidpayne697]

Well, I see no reason why they couldn't. They're as skilled as we are. This is definitely one of the best performances i've seen of this.

[@mianom]

I loved this production! Everything was wonderful. I tend to focus on the stupid photography of western performances of opera, with extreme close-ups and the camera bouncing all over the stage. The cameraman in China got it right. Thank you, Ye Chen. What a joy to see this.

[@HConstantine]

The camera work is amateurish by film standards. The only opera films that were properly filmed and edited are Bergman's Magic Flute, Lousy's Don Giovanni, and some of Jean-Pierre Ponelle's work (notably La Cenorentola)

[@eddihaskell]

@@HConstantine It is not a film! It is a recorded performance of a live Opera performance, and perfectly adequate if not very good. The sound is exceptional. What are you going on about?

[@HConstantine]

@@eddihaskell Of course it'a film. What did you think it was, a telegram? Its just happens to be a film that completely fails as film.

[@leothepumpkin2298]

@@HConstantine wdym??? It's a live performance of the Opera. What do you think it is? There aren't any cameramen, because what they did is install fixed cameras. This is firstly to serve the audience that were in live concert, not people on the internet. If you are too braindead to distinguish a "recording" and a "film" I suggest you to stop watching KZbin, because this recording has an equivalent quality of any other one that you can find for das Rheingold, if not even superior.

[@TheKFFowler]

Amazing. Inspirational - as a grand romantic event OUGHT to be. China shines brightly, bestowing such honor on a European masterwork!

[@germanwittgenstein4974]

CHINA SHINES BRIGHTLY IN OPERA. ELPADRINO

[@Amesar1]

Amazing production. Indeed Europe should be ashamed of itself. This is likely the best Rheingold I have seen from anywhere in the world. Minor diction issues need to be overlooked. This was magnificent form start to finish and everyone in cast is a technically sound singer. No weak link at all. I speak as someone who sings Loge. Can we also see CNOH versions of Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung? I would buy this on a DVD in a heartbeat. Bravo again to everyone involved.

[@michsturge671]

One of the most satisfying Wagner productions I've seen in recent years. Congratulations...you two giants were excellent!

[@drjaimemoya6406]

Brillante interpretación, fabulosa, los chinos superan a los alemanes en interpretar a los dioses de Wagner, creo que él estaría feliz sentado en la platea viendo como realmente los chinos superan todas las expectativas, los cantantes excelentes, muy bien pronunciado el alemán, la música tecnicamente perfecta, y la escenografía, vestuario e iluminación simplemente perfecta, los chinos dejaron muy alta la barrera para superar la interpretación de esta maravillosa opera. Vale mucho poder ver varias veces esta hermosa joya operática.

[@retepsnikrep]

I would have happily travelled halfway round the world to see this.. Well done..

[@nikanorsoter7123]

Me too!

[@germanwittgenstein4974]

PERFECTA OPERA NACIONAL CHINA MEXICO WAGNER ORO DEL RIN .EL PADRINO DE MEXICO 2020

[@hospitality5522]

Bravissimo! For the beautiful eyes of Chinese Freia : perfectly conducted by a woman, magnificent voices with vocal health without comparison with what we hear here, theatrical cleverness : this erases all what I saw and listened. You said "total art"? And last but not the least, Fafner himself gaves us this gold!

[@leonardobautista1619]

Bravo China! Magnificent lavish production with an entirely Chinese cast.

[@susannevollmer2347]

They have enough very good voices!

[@robertmeber]

Ich bin baff und schwer beeindruckt😔 sehr schön.....

[@unclealand]

What a beautiful production! And no gigantic, noisy, gargantuan machine morphing all over the place to distract the audience.

[@jvdesuit1]

Amazing and especially from a company consisting of students in fact; great voices, great acting and gosh what a set and special effects ; at last a stage director who has read the librettos and also all previous Wagner works; the idea of making a link between the Fliegende Hollander and the first scene of Rheingold is splendid. Bravo... Europe and the States have to learn. For the last 30 years only Robert Lepage Met's production can rival with this. Bayreuth is now worse than a patronage company in the hands of women who should go to see psychiatric and all Europes famous operas houses are in the hands of psychotics who should spend more time with their shrinks than pretending being artists!

[@nikanorsoter7123]

Richard Wagner hätte seine helle Freude! Angesichts europäischer Produktionen, die man nur noch auf dem Platz hinter einer Säule ertragen kann, wundert es nicht, dass der Osten den Westen als dekadent betrachtet. Unter Westen sei hier vorzüglich Westeuropa gemeint; in Amerika (ausgerechnet!) gibt es auch wieder hoffnungsvolle Ansätze. Wunderbares Video, auch tontechnisch. Kongeniales Bühnenbild. Brillante Sänger. Hervorragendes Orchester. Dank Dank Dank

[@phantomfantom]

Absolutely fantastic... i hope these productions of the Ring will be released on DVDs!!!!

[@Edwards-Videos]

Now this is what I call a great production!

[@kaguth]

Wow, they did a great job. I love the set and costume design.

[@Vanchy58]

Admirable producción con elenco totalmente chino de esta obra maestra wagneriana. No tiene nada que pedirle a las producciones europeas y americanas. El montaje e interpretación está fielmente realizado de acuerdo a las exigencias del propio compositor Richard Wagner. Los chinos sin duda son asombrosos y talentosos para el arte teatral y musical. Bravo!!

[@donreed2609]

The overture is astounding. It was the first time I heard Wagner, and it changed my perception of music forever. The musical birth of FORM!

[@javierbrito4436]

Then when you listen to Parsifal, you'll freak out.

[@lilifei9773]

很开心看到我的国家有这样现代化的设施和高水平的艺术团体~~~后来者居上，国内的艺术环境越来越好了~~

[@jongilchrist7229]

China has a centuries old tradition of their own opera. It's nothing new to them. Watch their facial expressions, it is a carefully choreographed part of Chinese opera and they are using it in this, also the way they stand in poses, a hallmark in Chinese opera. This production is fabulous. Excellent Wagner with a woman conductor.and a great cast. Probably all veterans of The Beijing Opera.

[@Delinae]

Chinese and Western opera are completely different kind of theatre, and no professional performers never specialize in both. Chinese opera (Beijing opera is just one regional version) uses different vocalizations and also involves different linguistic study. It's like different embrouchure for different instruments. Also the poses and gestures in Chinese operas are highly coded, to make up for the lack of set designing and special effects (eg certain hand gestures mean it's raining). Frankly as a Chinese person it weirds me out sometimes to see Chinese performers in Western opera because the stage gestures and expressions are so dramatic and irl Chinese people are mostly pretty reserved lol.

[@Lokiofsuburbia]

This is so beautiful and lavish, I can't believe it...I just wish there were subtitles so I could show my less-cultured friends.

[@igor_ershov7379]

Best decorations I've seen!

[@kendalson7100]

Beautiful!

[@chapachuu]

This is my favourite production of Das Rheingold!

[@nikanorsoter7123]

Me too

[@PavelDGromnic]

Who could have imagined that fifty years after I first heard this, an English-speaker with a Russian persona would be rejoicing over this German opera performed so perfectly by the Chinese National Opera. China has much to be proud of, with this, as good as it is, among the least of its' accomplishments in fifty years. Bravo.

[@michaelwaterworth9577]

An excelent production.

[@antoinemartin8346]

Excellente production et on est impressionné par la distribution uniquement asiatique voire chinoise (??) . Le Wotan a notamment bcp de charisme et tiendrai la route sur le plateau d'un opéra européen . Très belle surprise qui montre l'universalité du message wagnerien

[@agustindelaherrangascon9382]

Excelente, bravo... Voces, director maravilloso, la orquesta muy bien también... Gracias, gran Fafner

[@aliena2979]

Thank you very very much!! Wagner himself would haver been proud. This production makes it clear all of you, great artists, love this music. "Nun blinzle nach Freias Blick! An den Reif rührst du nicht mehr!", you sounded really scornful, wow!

[@davidholt1250]

Most enchanting. So much better than the pretentious pseudo-intellectual "modern" productions in Europe and America.

[@declamatory]

Too many Jews involved.

[@LJGoldstein]

Mister Chen you and the rest of the cast were outstanding sand I loved the conductors reading of the score he did as great job!!!

[@paulybarr]

So much to enjoy in this production! Unfortunately, in what should be one of the great climaxes in the opera, the guy in the percussion section who is supposed to give the huge clang as Wotan forges the rainbow bridge at 2.22.06, misses his cue and so the clang arrives three seconds too late. You can hear it ( just) underneath the thunderclap of the timpani and basses. Oops. And it was probably the only thing job he had, having waited for two and a half hours for his big moment.

[@kuthumi99]

Bring this to USA ! JC

[@germanwittgenstein4974]

DIFFICULT PROBLEM USAF LOVES GEORGE GERSWIN FOR OPERA WORK. EL PADRINO

[@pauljackson8282]

Hello. I'd love to get a dvd of this production, and especially if there is a complete Ring cycle down by this company. I can't find it online anywhere. Does anyone know where I could find one?

[@susannevollmer2347]

Gewitterleuchten am Firmament nach Alberichs Fluch: herrlich! Also Donners calling. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Good voices on the stage. 💥 It is realy delightful watching the Ring without an intelectual consept The music, the score just singing and gaming, that`s it! Thank you for that.

[@terryhammond1253]

Incredible production. Right out of Wagners fertile imagination.

[@susannevollmer2347]

Fricka and Wotan are realy impressing, I love the audience (looking over the fantasy costumes)!😊 Thank you for upluading and congrats to Fafner/Chen!

[@zde38397]

Beautiful, beautiful.

[@AsaphRolnitsky]

Beautiful production, stunning staging. Thanks for sharing!

[@polenc7167]

Wonderful production. Ajochum's remark leads me to discuss the idea of creativity vs. innovation. The postmodern world strives towards an imagined world of newness, innovation and startle. True creativity (sorely lacking in much of which passes as "modern" goes much deeper. It does not consist of surface glitz or shock and awe. It is a deeper searching of the soul and a joy in the use of materials (old or new) to the highest degree.

[@petermueller8073]

Bravo China!

[@blixten2928]

Fantastic, so interesting!! I just wish there were subtitles!!

[@warrenparkinson6330]

Oh I wish there were subtitles. I'm so used to subtitles I just can't enjoy without. I looks so good.

[@PavelDGromnic]

Imaginative effects, costuming and lighting. Strong voices and conducting, What a performance!

[@juaneliasartaviamoya966]

SO beautiful! PERFECT VOICES Bravissimi!

[@germanwittgenstein4974]

GERMANY AND ANGELA MERKEL MUST BE PROUD OF THIS PERFECT WAGNER REPRESENTATION. ELPADRINO

[@hitoshisaito2082]

ZHU Man朱曼 ZHU Man is currently the permanent conductor of the China National Opera House, known as one of most dynamic young conductors in China. ZHU Man has been the permanent conductor of Symphony Orchestra of China National Opera House since 2009. Meanwhile, she has cooperated with many world leading orchestras, including: London Symphony Orchestra, Besançon Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Victoria Opera House, Rome Symphony Orchestra, Turkey Samsun Opera House, and Philharmonic Orchestra of China. As the conductor of the “2009-2015 International Opera Season of China National Opera House", she directed the Chinese and other countries’ orchestras and presented operas Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Tannhauser, Die Walkiire, Sieglinde, Gotterdammerung, The Lady of the Camellias, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Cavalleria rusticana and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Carl Orff’s oratorio Carmina Burana as well as China original operas The White-Haired Girl, Farewell to My Concubine, Taxiwayi-The Beloved Troubadour, A Street Vendor and A Lady, The Revolution of 1911, and The Dressmakers, and so on. And from 2009 to 2011, she was invited for three consecutive years as the conductor of "Weekend Concerts" of China National Opera House. In April 2016, invited by Budapest Spring Festival, Hungary, ZHU Man orchestrated Puccini’s opera Turandot in Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest with more than two hundred musicians from China National Opera House. 朱曼，现任中央歌剧院常任指挥，被誉为当今中国最具活力的青年指挥家之一。 　　朱曼师从中国著名指挥家、中央歌剧院院长、艺术总监、中国指挥协会会长、中央音乐学院指挥系主任俞峰教授。 　　朱曼于2009年起担任中央歌剧院交响乐团常任指挥。同时，与国内外众多交响乐团进行过合作，包括：英国伦敦交响乐团、法国贝藏松交响乐团、加拿大温哥华交响乐团、墨尔本维多利亚歌剧院、罗马交响乐团、土耳其萨姆松歌剧院、中国爱乐乐团等，并上演过中外作曲家的多部世界首演作品。 　　朱曼作为中央歌剧院“2009-2015年中央歌剧院国际歌剧季”的指挥，执棒中外乐团指挥了普契尼歌剧《图兰朵》《蝴蝶夫人》《托斯卡》等、瓦格纳歌剧《唐豪塞》《女武神》《齐格弗里德》《众神的黄昏》、威尔第歌剧《茶花女》《弄臣》《游吟诗人》等、马斯卡尼歌剧《乡村骑士》、门德尔松《仲夏夜之梦》、卡尔奥夫清唱剧《布兰诗歌》以及中国第一部新歌剧《白毛女》、中国原创歌剧《霸王别姬》《热瓦普恋歌》《货郎与小姐》《辛亥风云》《红帮裁缝》等一系列歌剧作品及大量交响乐作品。并于2009年至2011年连续三年特邀作为国家大剧院“周末音乐会”的指挥，指挥了多场歌剧音乐会，并创立了“歌剧中的咏叹调”系列音乐会品牌。 　　2014年9月3日、4日，朱曼指挥中央歌剧院在北京保利剧院完成了贝多芬经典歌剧《费德里奥》的中国首演。 　　2012、2013连续两年，朱曼于国家大剧院指挥上演了普契尼歌剧《图兰朵》、威尔第歌剧《游吟诗人》歌剧音乐会，并凭借两部歌剧作品，喜获文化部首次特别设立并颁发的“国家艺术院团剧目展演优秀青年指挥奖”。 　　2014年，由她指挥的原创歌剧《红帮裁缝》荣获第十三届精神文明建设“五个一工程”优秀作品奖。

[@45r2d2]

Was für eine tolle Inszenierung.

[@jmballestra7607]

Universalité du génial Wagner !!! Musique sublimement expressive ! Mise en scène superbe , à l'image des décors !! L' interprétation ( chanteurs , orchestre ) est elle - aussi remarquable !!!!Un grand bravo au China National Opéra House !!!! Un exemple à suivre !!!!

[@douglasjensen8986]

I thoroughly enjoyed this. After suffering through all the available video versions of The Ring with ludicrous staging, this staging (despite being clearly Chinese) was such a relief. The orchestra and singing were not the best available IMHO but certainly good enough to enjoy. Not knowing German, but having watched many productions with English subtitles, I know what is going on when, so I don't care if this cast's German is ideal or even good, it sounds like German to me. I would like to see the entire Ring from this group. My ideal versions of The Ring are concert ones without distracting staging focused on the music, especially Barenboim's 2013 Proms and Grgich's Verbier Festival Valkyrie.

[@JacobMinger]

I’ve never watched a concert production of the ring cycle myself but I feel like it would be refreshing to not have to worry about costumes and staging for sure.

[@carlathurisaz]

The best way to honor Wagner is here! Wonderful performance, scenery, everything. 😍 thanks, China

[@davidpayne697]

Brilliant performance!

[@ODoudo]

No more to say. I just endorse all the compliments written below. Congratulations, Ye Chen, for your performance.

[@talktodayusa]

Thank you so much.... ? Your Fafner was so powerfully performed... bravissimo...

[@patrickzhao7591]

breath taking production

[@jdma1716]

Great performance. Thank you.

[@ferenctimar]

Thank you Mr. Ye Chen for uploading! Congratulation for you and for all who created this performance!

[@canman5060]

This is GREAT. Thanks for uploading.

[@Neoboethius]

Bravissimo! Wagner done right. Brought tears to my eyes. What a great Wotan! Great giants, too! Strong cast all around.

[@nikanorsoter7123]

Me too. 👍👌👋

[@andreas_kyburz]

Thank you for uploading. And congratulations, Ye Chen, on playing a great Fafner.

[@christacartwright9083]

Fantastic production! I'd love to see the entire Ring series done by this group!

[@rollator85]

Vielen dank fürs hochladen mir gefällt das Setting .der Rest natürlich auch

[@TheMewtata]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[@michsturge671]

The curtain calls were beautifully handled and choreographed. I was wonderful seeing the singers applauding for each other. It seems like all involved functioned like a family. I hope you they are planning on a complete cycle.

[@robguyatt9602]

Thanks so much for posting this stunning performance. Congratulations to you and the rest of the cast and crew. Set design is just wonderful. The opening scene set especially.

[@douglasmilton2805]

I can't top the superlatives above and below (while I agree with you all!). So let me just say that after watching this delicious production I was left GLOWING with happiness, and hoping for more Wagner from the same company. Many, many thanks Ye Chen for putting this up.

[@jorgediazrm]

Man, thank you, looks amazing, it is available in Full HD or 4k, looks great

[@douglasjensen8986]

Where from? Not KZbin and not Amazon.

[@lidiarusso9121]

Desde Argentina mis mas fervientes felicitaciones ,orquesta, cantantes, puesta, iluminacion. Todo EXCELENTE. !!!😊

[@robertaustralia5852]

Thank you so much for this production. It has quite stunning visual effects, excellent singing and very good orchestral performances. The story is told as written, but I think with less silly gimmicks than the Met's old production. Quite good use of vertical space. My only quibble would be some of the direction but it's very minor. Bravo.

[@abrahamocadiz6786]

WOW excelente, una de las mejores....

[@rosestone5091]

Thanks for sharing this magnificent production with us!

[@TheSvartulfr]

Thank you for sharing this Mr. Ye, This is my absolute favorite opera and you all gave a performance worthy of the authors work. I would love to see this if I ever visit China again.

[@melomano0077]

Gran puesta en escena, con discreto estilo oriental que enmarca bien el digno reparto de cantantes y orquesta muy bien dirigidos por su directora. Gracias por compartir tan loable trabajo.

[@taillandierjp1468]

il y a moins de reliefs que celui que j' ai écouté en cd; une pure merveille; ces artistes méritent toute notre reconnaissance d interprèter l un des symboles germaniques

[@jhnmcky]

Magical! Thank you!

[@arnoland00]

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful production. A very good cast from top to bottom. I would love to see this Wotan in Die Walkure. The diction must be very challenging but the singing was superb. I personally don't care for the comparisons to Europe and America, it does little justice to the unique staging and use of stage done here. It's a different fresh approach to anything I've seen before. Excellent use of video.

[@parsifal40002]

I agree the German diction is indeed a challenge, especially for the Chinese singers. The singers attempt at proper German diction is good, not great. I have a problem with the singers themselves. The voices don't quite have the visceral quality required to perform Wagner as the Germans do. I guess I've been spoiled by the performances at Bayreuth. I have to admit the Chinese singers are good!

[@neuesbewusstein]

Marvellous! Thank you so much!

[@davidb9639]

Proof, if proof were needed, that Wagner's music speaks to us all.

[@abrahamgarza537]

Awesome production!