Name: Das Rheingold
Start: 2016-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Leeds Grand Theatre

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Michael Druiett

Wotan

Tenor

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

Loge

Jo Pohlheim

Alberich

Mezzo-soprano

Yvonne Howard

Fricka

Richard Roberts

Mime

Soprano

Giselle Allen

Freia

Bass

James Creswell

Fasolt

Mats Almgren

Fafner

Contralto

Ceri Williams

Erda

Claudia Huckle

Mark Le Brocq

Froh

Andrew Foster-Williams

Donner

Jeni Bern

Woglinde

Madeleine Shaw

Wellgunde

Sarah Castle

Flosshilde

Conductor

Richard Farnes

Stage director

Peter Mumford

Joe Austin

Set designer

Video designer

Lighting designer

Opera North

Das Rheingold -  (The Rhinegold)

Gateshead

United Kingdom

Opera North’s acclaimed concert staging of Wagner’s Ring cycle, filmed in Leeds, UK, June 2016. 

In Die Walküre, it is human emotion that takes centre stage. The musical highlights are many: ‘Winterstürme’, Siegmund’s hymn of praise to the coming of spring and the awakening of love; the Ride of the Valkyries; the Magic Fire music. Above all, there is the great confrontation between the god Wotan and his favourite daughter, Brünnhilde – the Valkyrie of the title – who love each other deeply, yet whose relationship has been irreparably broken by her disobedience.

CONDUCTOR: Richard Farnes
STAGE DIRECTOR AND LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGNER: Peter Mumford
FILM DIRECTOR: Peter Mumford

BRÜNNHILDE: Kelly Cae Hogan
SIEGLINDE: Lee Bisset
SIEGMUND: Michael Weinius
WOTAN: Robert Hayward
FRICKA: Susan Bickley
HUNDING: James Creswell
HELMWIGE: Katherine Broderick
ORTLINDE: Kate Valentine
GERHILDE: Giselle Allen
SIEGRUNE: Sarah Castle
ROSSWEISSE: Madeleine Shaw
WALTRAUTE: Heather Shipp
GRIMGERDE: Fiona Kimm
SCHWERTLEITE: Claudia Huckle

Find out more » https://www.operanorth.co.uk/the-ring..

Sage Gateshead

Opera North’s acclaimed concert staging of Wagner’s Ring cycle, filmed in Leeds, UK, 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.

CONDUCTOR: Richard Farnes
STAGE DIRECTOR AND LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGNER: Peter Mumford
FILM DIRECTOR: Peter Mumford

WOTAN: Michael Druiett
LOGE: Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
ALBERICH: Jo Pohlheim
FRICKE: Yvonne Howard
MIME: Richard Roberts
FREIA: Giselle Allen
DONNER: Andrew Foster-Williams
FROH: Mark Le Brocq
FASOLT: James Creswell
FAFNER: Mats Almgren
ERDA: Claudia Huckle
WOGLINDE: Jeni Bern
WELLGUNDE: Madeleine Shaw
FLOSSHILDE: Sarah Castle

Find out more » https://www.operanorth.co.uk/the-ring...

Hall 1

London

Clore Ballroom

Salford Quays

The Lowry

Quays Theatre

Nottingham

Royal Concert Hall

Leeds

Grand Theatre

pera North’s acclaimed concert staging of Wagner’s Ring cycle, filmed in Leeds, UK, June 2016. 

In Die Walküre, it is human emotion that takes centre stage. The musical highlights are many: ‘Winterstürme’, Siegmund’s hymn of praise to the coming of spring and the awakening of love; the Ride of the Valkyries; the Magic Fire music. Above all, there is the great confrontation between the god Wotan and his favourite daughter, Brünnhilde – the Valkyrie of the title – who love each other deeply, yet whose relationship has been irreparably broken by her disobedience.

CONDUCTOR: Richard Farnes
STAGE DIRECTOR AND LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGNER: Peter Mumford
FILM DIRECTOR: Peter Mumford

BRÜNNHILDE: Kelly Cae Hogan
SIEGLINDE: Lee Bisset
SIEGMUND: Michael Weinius
WOTAN: Robert Hayward
FRICKA: Susan Bickley
HUNDING: James Creswell
HELMWIGE: Katherine Broderick
ORTLINDE: Kate Valentine
GERHILDE: Giselle Allen
SIEGRUNE: Sarah Castle
ROSSWEISSE: Madeleine Shaw
WALTRAUTE: Heather Shipp
GRIMGERDE: Fiona Kimm
SCHWERTLEITE: Claudia Huckle

Find out more » https://www.operanorth.co.uk/the-ring.

Das Rheingold Wagner,Richard

The Rhinegold

Approved

Leeds Grand Theatre

Das Rheingold | The Ring Cycle

The Ring’s musical score makes some pretty lavish orchestral demands – Wagner was a man who knew exactly what he wanted and wasn’t afraid to skimp, with 105 orchestral musicians required for Das Rheingold! As Scene II comes to a close, an orchestral interlude ‘paints’ the descent of Loge and Wotan into underground Nibelheim. As the orchestra fades, it gives way to a cacophony of no less than 18 tuned anvils, which are all indicated in the score with specific size, quantity and pitch! They beat out the dotted rhythm of the Nibelung theme (or leitmotif) to represent the toiling of the enslaved dwarves as they forge Alberich’s stolen gold…

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Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew