Das Rheingold is the first part of the colossal Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner, and this will be the second time it is seen on the Teatro Real stage since the theatre’s reopening in 1997.
Pablo Heras-Casado, Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Real leads a cast of renowned Wagnerians including Greer Grimsley, Sarah Connolly and Samuel Youn in Robert Carsen’s bleak vision of the story. The Canadian stage director sets the prologue of The Ring in the desolation of our polluted world, the scene where the characters in this grandiose conflict will continue to be portrayed during the coming seasons.
Prologue in four scenes from the stage festival play Der Ring des Nibelungen
Music and libretto by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Premiered at the Königlichen Hof- und Nationaltheater of Munich on September 22, 1869
Premiered at the Teatro Real on March 2, 1910
Production by the Oper Köln
Principal Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Artistic team
Conductor I Pablo Heras-Casado
Stage director I Robert Carsen
Revival responsible I Eike Ecker
Set and costumes designer I Patrick Kinmonth
Lighting designer I Manfred Voss
Cast
Wotan I Greer Grimsley
Donner I Raimund Nolte
Froh I David Butt Philip
Loge I Joseph Kaiser
Fasolt I Ain Anger
Fafner I Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Alberich I Samuel Youn
Mime I Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Fricka I Sarah Connolly
Freia I Sophie Bevan
Erda I Ronnita Miller
Woglinde I Isabella Gaudi
Wellgunde I María Miró
Flosshilde I Claudia Huckle
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