Bechtolf's Ring returns to the Wiener Staatsoper

By Katherine Syer, 02 May 2017

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“Schneider and the Staatsoper Orchester stole the stage throughout much of the Nibelheim scene”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 30 April 2017

Wagner, Das Rheingold

Vienna State Opera

Peter Schneider, Conductor

Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director

Rolf Glittenberg, Set Designer

Marianne Glittenberg, Costume Designer

Norbert Ernst, Loge

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Mime

Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Alberich

Egils Siliņš, Wotan

Markus Eiche, Donner

Thomas Ebenstein, Froh

Okka von der Damerau, Erda

Mihoko Fujimura, Fricka

Caroline Wenborne, Freia

Sorin Coliban, Fasolt

Ain Anger, Fafner

Ileana Tonca, Wellgunde

Stephanie Houtzeel, Woglinde

Zoryana Kushpler, Flosshilde

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Katherine Syer

Katherine Syer is a Los Angeles-based writer/editor, public scholar, and dramaturg following a teaching career at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and UCLA

Indulgence and corruption: Bechtolf's Ring returns to the Wiener Staatsoper