| Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) | Das Rheingold (Excerpts) | |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943) | The Miserly Knight (Semi-staged) |
| Vladimir Jurowski | Conductor | |
| Annabel Arden | Director | |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
Das Rheingold | ||
| Rowan Hellier | Mezzo-soprano | Wellgunde |
| Natalya Romaniw | Soprano | Woglinde |
| Harriet Williams | Mezzo-soprano | Flosshilde |
| Peter Bronder | Tenor | Froh |
| Vsevolod Grivnov | Tenor | Loge |
| Sergei Leiferkus | Baritone | Alberich |
| Albert Shagidullin | Bass | Donner |
| Maxim Mikhailov | Bass | Wotan |
The Miserly Knight | ||
| Peter Bronder | Tenor | Moneylender |
| Vsevolod Grivnov | Tenor | Albert |
| Albert Shagidullin | Bass | Duke |
| Sergei Leiferkus | Baritone | Baron |
| Maxim Mikhailov | Bass | Servant |
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Rachmaninoff's opera The Miserly Knight.
Pushkin's semi-autobiographical poem The Miserly Knight tells of a stifled son pushing against his selfish father.
It drew from Rachmaninoff some of his richest, most atmospheric and emotionally fascinating music.
Underneath the opera's five highly characterised voices is a dark, surging and obsessive orchestra whose music seems to spring directly from Pushkin's words.
Before Rachmaninoff's brooding Wagnerian prelude, Vladimir Jurowski conducts excerpts from the opening opera of Wagner'sRing Cycle, Das Rheingold, the first realisation of those glistening, churning structures that make the Ring's music so magical.
Sung in Russian with English surtitles.
Royal Festival Hall at 6.15pm - Free pre-concert event. Director Annabel Arden discusses her semi-staging of The Miserly Knight. Free
