Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) | Das Rheingold |
Performers
| Opera North | ||
| Richard Farnes | Conductor | |
| Joe Austin | Director | |
| Peter Mumford | Set Designer | |
| Orchestra of Opera North | ||
| Michael Druiett | Baritone | Wotan |
| Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke | Tenor | Loge |
| Jo Pohlheim | Baritone | Alberich |
| Richard Roberts | Tenor | Mime |
| Mark Le Brocq | Tenor | Froh |
| Andrew Foster-Williams | Bass | Donner |
| Yvonne Howard | Mezzo-soprano | Fricka |
| Giselle Allen | Soprano | Freia |
| James Creswell | Bass | Fasolt |
| Mats Almgren | Bass | Fafner |
| Ceri Williams | Mezzo-soprano | Erda |
| Jeni Bern | Soprano | Woglinde |
| Madeleine Shaw | Soprano | Wellgunde |
| Sarah Castle | Mezzo-soprano | Flosshilde |
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.