Der Ring des Nibelungen – Das Rheingold

In the organizer's words:

A group of people meets a concert grand piano on an empty stage, a note is struck, and slowly a world of fantasy, longing and intoxication unfolds, captivating everyone and fusing them into a community. This is how DAS RHEINGOLD begins, directed by Stefan Herheim ... Conductor: Nicholas Carter [Cycle 1] / Sir Donald Runnicles; Director: Stefan Herheim; With Iain Paterson, Thomas Lehman, Thomas Blondelle, Jordan Shanahan, Ya-Chung Huang, Albert Pesendorfer, Tobias Kehrer, Annika Schlicht, Flurina Stucki and others.
Richard Wagner called DAS RHEINGOLD the "eve" of his stage festival DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - a designation that surely does not coincidentally recall the prologues of baroque opera. For here, as there, the gods have their say and create the basic conditions under which the fates of mankind will later be decided. And just like the ancient deities in Monteverdi's work, their Nordic relatives in Wagner's are beings in whom the driving forces of human existence are embodied. Thus, in the nearly two and a half hours of RHEINGOLD, all the feelings, desires and thoughts that also determine our own existence shine through. Starting with the innocent playfulness of the Rhinemaidens, from whom the Nibelung Alberich steals the gold, through the unbridled lust for power of this dwarf and the mocking nihilism of the fire god Loge, to the attempt of the father of the gods Wotan to create lasting values with his castle Valhalla. And last but not least, there is gold itself as a mute protagonist.

With its world-exploring claim as well as by its sheer temporal extension, DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN is the greatest challenge for any opera director. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Stefan Herheim took on the task of translating the world of thought of Wagner's tetralogy into the 21st century. Winner of many awards, the Norwegian is one of the most important directors of the present day: in his works, he also repeatedly makes clear the historical contexts of ideas and the history of the impact of the respective operas. This content has been machine translated.

Price information:

The three cycles are sold exclusively as a four-performance package. An exchange between the individual cycles is not possible. Package prices: € 960,00 / € 720,00 / € 480,00 / € 320,00 / € 240,00