And they were the most divine gods: Das Rheingold in Munich

Markus Brück (Alberich), Yajie Zhang, Verity Wingate and Sarah Brady (Rhinemaidens)

Nicholas Brownlee (Wotan), Ekaterina Gubanova (Fricka) and Mirjam Mesak (Freia)

Markus Brück (Alberich)

Sean Panikkar (Loge) and Markus Brück (Alberich)

Das Rheingold

By Phillip Richter, 06 November 2024

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“a highly explosive, murderous musical drama”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 3 November 2024

Wagner, Das Rheingold

Bavarian State Opera

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

Tobias Kratzer, Director

Rainer Sellmaier, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Matthias Piro, Mitarbeit Regie

Manuel Braun, Video

Jonas Dahl, Video

Bettina Bartz, Dramaturgy

Olaf Roth, Dramaturgy

Nicholas Brownlee, Wotan

Sean Panikkar, Loge

Markus Brück, Alberich

Milan Siljanov, Donner

Ian Koziara, Froh

Matthias Klink, Mime

Matthew Rose, Fasolt

Timo Riihonen, Fafner

Ekaterina Gubanova, Fricka

Mirjam Mesak, Freia

Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Erda

Sarah Brady, Woglinde

Verity Wingate, Wellgunde

Yajie Zhang, Flosshilde

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Phillip Richter

Phillip fokussiert sich auf die Klassiker der Konzert- und Opernwerke aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum: Wagner, Beethoven, Strauss, Bruckner, Mozart und Schubert sind seine Obsession. Neben Live-Erfahrungen im Konzerthaus schätzt und sammelt er Musik-Einspielungen auch ganz klassisch auf CD.

And they were the most divine gods: Das Rheingold at the Bayerische Staatsoper