
Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) and Marilynn Hall (Fricka) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) and Malcolm Rivers (Alberich) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Paul Crook (Mime) and Herbert Becker (Siegfried) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Paul Crook (Mime) and Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) and Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Carolyn Maia (Grimgerde), Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde), Jean Cook (Gerhilde), and Johanna Meier (Sieglinde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan), Edward Sooter (Siegmund), and Noel Mangin (Hunding) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) and Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Marilynn Hall (Fricka) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Malcolm Rivers (Alberich), Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan), and Emile Belcourt (Loge) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Emile Belcourt (Loge) and Malcolm Rivers (Alberich) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Jean Cook (Freia), Marilynn Hall (Fricka), Gary Lakes (Froh) and Herbert F. O. Eckhoff (Donner) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) and Herbert Becker (Siegfried) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Noel Mangin (Hagen), and Archie Drake (Gunther) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried) and Archie Drake (Gunther) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Herbert Eckhoff (Donner) and Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1980 © Chris Bennion

Gary Lakes (Froh), Noel Mangin (Fafner), Emile Belcourt (Loge), and Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1980 © Chris Bennion