09.03.–04.04.2025 / Opera
Das Rheingold
Richard Wagner
Wed 12.03.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
On Wednesday, 12.03.2025, Verdi is on strike. We will still be performing for you and showing “Das Rheingold” by Richard Wagner as a concert performance at Theater Duisburg.
Content
Love or power: the beginning of the epic drama...
Eve of the scenic festival
“Der Ring des Nibelungen”
Text by the composer
“Der Ring des Nibelungen”
Text by the composer
Only he who renounces love will be able to steal the powerful gold from the Rhine and fashion it into a ring that will enable him to rule the world. Alberich takes the risk: when the Rhine maidens scornfully reject his advances the humiliated dwarf promptly decides to swap love for power. By cursing love, he opens the gateway to a fate that will also afflict the ruler of the gods Wotan, when the lavish construction of his fortress Valhalla places him in financial distress. In this prologue to ‘Ring des Nibelungen’ Richard Wagner crafts the main themes of his four-part opera cycle – the impossibility of reconciling love with possessiveness – into a boldly plotted critique of 19th century capitalism.
Cast
Norbert Ernst (Loge)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Ramona Zaharia (Floßhilde), Maria Kataeva (Wellgunde), Anke Krabbe (Woglinde)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Maria Kataeva (Wellgunde), Anke Krabbe (Woglinde), Michael Kraus (Alberich)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Ovidiu Purcel (Froh), Sylvia Hamvasi (Freia), Bogdan Taloş (Fasolt), Simon Neal (Wotan), Torben Jürgens (Donner)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Sylvia Hamvasi (Freia), ensemble
© Hans Jörg Michel
Michael Kraus (Alberich), Cornel Frey (Mime), extras
© Hans Jörg Michel
Norbert Ernst (Loge), Ovidiu Purcel (Froh), Bogdan Taloş (Fasolt), Sylvia Hamvasi (Freia), Thorsten Grümbel (Fafner)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Foreground: Norbert Ernst (Loge), Sylvia Hamvasi (Freia), Simon Neal (Wotan)
Background: Thorsten Grümbel (Fafner), Renée Morloc (Fricka), Ovidiu Purcel (Froh), Torben Jürgens (Donner)
Background: Thorsten Grümbel (Fafner), Renée Morloc (Fricka), Ovidiu Purcel (Froh), Torben Jürgens (Donner)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Norbert Ernst (Loge), Michael Kraus (Alberich), Simon Neal (Wotan)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Simon Neal (Wotan), Renée Morloc (Fricka)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Cornel Frey (Mime), Michael Kraus (Alberich)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Michael Kraus (Alberich), extras
© Hans Jörg Michel
Simon Neal (Wotan)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Renée Morloc (Fricka), Simon Neal (Wotan)
© Hans Jörg Michel
Talk about the "Ring" - Das Rheingold
This video is available in German with English subtitles.
In the first episode of this video-series Axel Kober and Dorian Dreher dive deep to salvage the legendary "Rheingold" from the riverbed of the Rhine. They talk about the not-at-all quirky manner of the Rheintöchter's talking and conquer Nibelheims depths with all their (musical) challenges and a very special surprise guest.
