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Wagner's Das Rheingold

Wagner's Das Rheingold from the Royal Opera House, London, conducted by Antonio Pappano and starring Christopher Maltman and Christopher Purves.

Wagner's Das Rheingold from the Royal Opera House, London, conducted by Antonio Pappano and starring Christopher Maltman and Christopher Purves.

Das Rheingold is the first of the four music dramas which make up Wagner's epic Ring cycle. It's a story of gods and dwarves, giants and Rhinemaidens. Out of these tales from Norse mythology Wagner forges a drama which explores themes of love and its renunciation, nature and its despoliation and the curse of ultimate power - symbolised by the ring fashioned from gold plundered by the dwarf Alberich from the depths of the Rhine. In this first drama we follow the escapades of Wotan, chief of the gods, in company with the trickster, Loge as they descend into Nibelheim in search of the gold, the tarnhelm of invisibility and the ring of power. This new production by Barrie Kosky inaugurates a new Ring cycle at the Royal Opera House which will unfold over the coming years.

Presented by Georgia Mann.

Wotan ..... Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Alberich ..... Christopher Purves (baritone)
Loge ..... Sean Panikkar (tenor)
Fricka ..... Marina Prudenskaya (mezzo-soprano)
Freia ..... Kiandra Howarth (soprano)
Erda ..... Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto)
Donner ..... Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone)
Froh ..... Rodrick Dixon (tenor)
Mime ..... Brenton Ryan (tenor)
Fasolt ..... Insung Sim (bass)
Fafner ..... Soloman Howard (bass)
Woglinse .... Katharina Konradi (soprano)
Wellgunde .... Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo-soprano)
Flosshilde ..... Marvic Monreal (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Read the full synopsis on the Royal Opera House website: https://bit.ly/3MbQWpV

3 hours, 29 minutes

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Sat 7 Oct 2023 18:30
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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Das Rheingold

    Performer: Marina Prudenskaya. Performer: Rodrick Dixon. Performer: Brenton Ryan. Performer: Insung Sim. Performer: Soloman Howard. Performer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Performer: Marvic Monreal. Singer: Christopher Maltman. Singer: Christopher Purves. Singer: Sean Panikkar. Singer: Kiandra Howarth. Singer: Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Singer: Kostas Smoriginas. Singer: Katharina Konradi. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Die Schone Melusine, Op.32

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Michala Petri. Performer: Nikola Tarasov. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra Mozart, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Die Seejungfrau (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Marc Albrecht. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest.
    • Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau (After H. Andersen) [Live].
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 42

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Oct 2023 18:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3