The Ring of the Nibelung
In 2016, Opera North’s extraordinary journey through Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen came full circle, in a series of six full Ring cycles. Comprising the four operas which make up Wagner’s epic masterpiece, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, more than 15 unforgettable hours of music and passion are now also available online, in full, for free.
Creator: Richard Wagner
Episodes
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The Rhine Gold
1 episode28 June 2016
The Ring begins with music that evokes the very dawn of time. From this moment we are plunged into the watery twilight beneath the river Rhine, transported to misty mountain-tops and to the depths of gloomy Nibelheim, before crossing the rainbow bridge that leads to Valhalla, fortress home of the gods. Set in a world populated by dwarfs and giants, gods and river-maidens, Wagner’s ‘preliminary evening’ to the Ring sets the whole epic cycle in motion in thrilling fashion.l
Cast
Michael Druiett
Wotan
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Loge
Jo Pohlheim
Alberich
Yvonne Howard
Fricke
Richard Roberts
Mime
Giselle Allen
Freia
Andrew Foster-Williams
Donner
Mark Le Brocq
Froh
James Creswell
Fasolt
Mats Almgren
Fafner
Claudia Huckle
Erda
Jeni Bern
Woglinde
Madeleine Shaw
Wellgunde
Sarah Castle
Flosshilde
