Organization

Singer

Contralto

Karis Tucker

Flosshilde

Baritone

Derek Welton

Wotan

Joel Allison

Donner

Tenor

Thomas Blondelle

Loge

Mezzo-soprano

Annika Schlicht

Fricka

Soprano

Flurina Stucki

Freia

Judit Kutasi

Erda

Bass

Tobias Kehrer

Fafner

Andrew Harris

Fasolt

Markus Brück

Alberich

Ya-Chung Huang

Mime

Stage director

Stefan Herheim

Conductor

Donald Runnicles

Lighting designer

Ulrich Niepel

Costume designer

Uta Heiseke

Set designer

Silke Bauer

Attilio Glaser

Froh

Valeriia Savinskaia

Woglinde

Arianna Manganello

Wellgunde

Video designer

Torge Møller

Dramaturge

Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach

Jörg Königsdorf

Matthias Klink

Beth Taylor

Irene Roberts

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Others

Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Gearmáinis

Das Rheingold -  (The Rhinegold)

Berlin

Germany

Der Ring des Nibelungen - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Bühne

Das Rheingold Wagner,Richard

Public

Private

The Rhinegold

Béarla

Approved

Richard Wagner
'Das Rheingold' WWV 86A
Wotan: 'Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge'

Derek Welton, bass-baritone
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor
Stefan Herheim, director

Naxos DVD 2.110740
Released November 2022
Reproduced with permission

Wagner - Das Rheingold - Wotan: Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge

Richard Wagner considered RHEINGOLD a "pre-evening" to his stage play DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, a label that certainly deliberately refers to the prologues of the Baroque operas. Because here, as well as there, the gods are in control and create the conditions under which the fates of man will be decided. And just like the ancient deities of Monteverdi, their northern counterparts of Wagner are beings who embody the drives of human existence. All of the feelings, urges and thoughts that determine our own existence also appear in the two and a half hours of RHEINGOLD. Starting with the innocent games played by the Rheinmaidens whom the Nibelung Alberich robs of their gold, to this dwarf's unbridled lust for power and the scornful nihilism of the fire god Loge, to the father of the gods Wotan's attempt to create something that will last with his palace of Valhalla. And not lastly, the gold itself is a mute lead character: an item of gleaming fascination, it is simultaneously a touchstone by which each character is manifest and which divides gods and man alike into good and evil.

With its claim of explaining the world through its sheer expanse across time, DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN is the greatest challenge for any opera director. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin Stefan Herheim is taking on the task of translating the mindset of Wagner's tetralogy into the 21st century. The winner of multiple awards, the Norwegian director is one of the most important directors today: in his work he frequently illustrates the ideological historical connections and effective history of the respective operas. This approach has shaped his celebrated PARSIFAL in Bayreuth, among others, and has predestined him for an interpretation of RING.

English

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Criú

Ensemble