Performance

Venue	Festival Theatre
	Also: Studio
Town	Edinburgh
County	Edinburgh
From	21st August 2000
To	28th August 2000
When	Aug 21, 23, 26, 28
Festival Theatre (V600)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Das Rheingold

Work:: Das Rheingold (S1900)

Part of the Wagner ring cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen. In Das Rheingold the power crazy dwarf Alberich plots to steal the Rhinemaidens gold, which bestows omnipotence on its owner. Meanwhile Wotan and Loge, two powerful gods, plan to steal the gold as a ransom for the goddess Freia who has been kidnapped by giants annoyed at not being paid for building Valhalla.

Author

Wagner

Production:: (T0947229738)

Sung in German with English supertitles. Sponsored by the Bank of Scotland, Das Rheingold marks the beginning of Scottish Opera's four-year undertaking of Wagner's Ring Cycle.

Company	Scottish Opera
Conductor	Richard Armstrong (music)
Director	Tim Albery
Choreographer	Vanessa Gray
Design	Hildegard Bechtler
Costume	Ana Jebens
Lighting	Wolfgang Gobbel
Lighting	Kai Fischer (assistant)
Performer	Matthew Best (Wotan)
Performer	Carsten Stabell (Fasolt)
Performer	Anne Mason (Fricka)
Performer	Michael Druiett (Donner)
Performer	Matthew Elton Thomas (Froh)
Performer	Peter Bronder (Loge)
Performer	Markus Hollop (Fafner)
Performer	Peter Sidhom (Alberich)
Performer	Alasdair Elliott (Mime)
Performer	Rachel Hynes (Freia)
Performer	Helene Ronada (Erda)
Performer	Inka Rinn (Woglinde)
Performer	Marianne Andersen (Wellgunde)
Performer	Claire Bradshaw (Flosshilde)

Listing:: L304067644

Edinburgh International Festival

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in German with English supertitles. Sponsored by the Bank of Scotland, Das Rheingold marks the beginning of Scottish Opera's four-year undertaking of Wagner's Ring Cycle. Edinburgh International Festival

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