Editing Das Rheingold (section)

==Recording==
{{Main|Das Rheingold discography}}
Live performances of ''Das Rheingold'' from Bayreuth and elsewhere were recorded from 1937 onwards, but were not issued for many years.<ref>{{cite web|title= There are 80 recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner on file|url= http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLWARHEI.HTM#TOP|publisher= Operadis|access-date= 17 August 2018}}</ref> The first studio recording, and the first to be issued commercially, was [[Georg Solti]]'s 1958 Decca version, part of his complete ''Ring'' cycle, 1958–1966, which marked the beginning of a new era in recorded opera.<ref>{{cite web|last= Pearce|first= Joe|title= Sir Georg Solti, Rheigold and the Stereo Era|url= http://www.wagnersocietyny.org/pearce%20ring%20recordings%20121017.pdf|publisher= The Wagner Society of New York|date= 17 October 2012|access-date= 17 August 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150914194242/http://www.wagnersocietyny.org/pearce%20ring%20recordings%20121017.pdf|archive-date= 14 September 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref> Since then ''Das Rheingold'' has been recorded, as part of the cycle, on many occasions, with regular new issues.{{sfn|Holman|2001|pp=403–417}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Wagner – ''Das Rheingold''|url= https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/works/57158--wagner-das-rheingold/browse?size=10&view=large|publisher= Presto Classical|access-date= 17 August 2018}}</ref>