
Herbert Eckhoff (Donner), Dennis Bailey (Froh), Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan) and Emile Belcourt (Loge) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Marvellee Cariaga (Fricka), Jeanne Cook (Freia), Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan), Philip Booth (Fasolt) and Noel Mangin (Fafner) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Philip Booth (Fasolt), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Noel Mangin (Fafner), Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Malcolm Rivers (Alberich) and Emile Belcourt (Loge) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan), Malcolm Rivers (Alberich), Emile Belcourt (Loge) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Malcolm Rivers (Alberich) and Emile Belcourt (Loge) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Herbert F. O. Eckhoff (Donner), Dennis Bailey (Froh), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan), Noel Mangin (Fafner) and Philip Booth (Fasolt) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Herbert F. O. Eckhoff (Donner), Dennis Bailey (Froh), Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan), and Emile Belcourt (Wotan) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Richard Kness (Siegmund) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Johanna Meier (Sieglinde) and Richard Kness (Siegmund) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Richard Kness (Siegmund) and Johanna Meier (Sieglinde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan) and Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan) and Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) and Johanna Meier (Sieglinde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Johanna Meier (Sieglinde), Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde), Jeanne Cook (Gerhilde) and Linda Kelm (Helmwige) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) and Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) and Rudolf Holtenau (Wotan) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Paul Crook (Mime) and Raimund Herincx (Wotan) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Fafner and Herbert Becker (Siegfried) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Noel Mangin (Hagen), Alberto Remedios (Siegfried) and Archie Drake (Gunther) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Noel Mangin (Hagen), Alberto Remedios (Siegfried) and Archie Drake (Gunther) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Noel Mangin (Hagen) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Margaret Curphey (Brünnhilde), Archie Drake (Gunther), Alberto Remedios (Siegfried) and Jeanne Cook (Gutrune) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried) and Noel Mangin (Hagen) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Noel Mangin (Hagen) and Alberto Remedios (Siegfried) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried) and Noel Mangin (Hagen) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1978 © Chris Bennion

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried) and Margaret Curphey (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1978 © Chris Bennion