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Family saga: Bayreuth's new Rheingold presents a story of today

Elisabeth Teige (Freia), Attilio Glaser (Froh) and Christa Mayer (Fricka)
© Bayreuther Festspiele | Enrico Nawrath
Das Rheingold
© Bayreuther Festspiele | Enrico Nawrath
Arnold Bezuyen (Mime)
© Bayreuther Festspiele | Enrico Nawrath
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“Schwarz is aware that he is directing for the most knowledgeable Wagner audience anywhere”
Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 10 August 2022
Wagner, Das Rheingold
Cornelius Meister, Conductor
Valentin Schwarz, Director
Andrea Cozzi, Set Designer
Andy Besuch, Costume Designer
Reinhard Traub, Lighting Designer
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Konrad Kuhn, Dramaturgy
Egils Siliņš, Wotan
Raimund Nolte, Donner
Attilio Glaser, Froh
Daniel Kirch, Loge
Ólafur Sigurdarson, Alberich
Arnold Bezuyen, Mime
Jens-Erik Aasbø, Fasolt
Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Fafner
Christa Mayer, Fricka
Elisabeth Teige, Freia
Okka von der Damerau, Erda
Lea-ann Dunbar, Woglinde
Stephanie Houtzeel, Wellgunde
Simone Schröder, Flosshilde
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****1
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***11
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