FABIO LUISI conducts MARK DELAVAN wotan (bass-baritone) ŠTEFAN MARGITA loge (tenor) DENIZ UZUN fricka (mezzo-soprano) LAURA WILDE freia (soprano) JAMEZ MCCORKLE froh (tenor) HUNTER ENOCH donner (baritone) TAMARA MUMFORD erda (contralto) TÓMAS TÓMASSON alberich (baritone)
MICHAEL LAURENZ mime (tenor) LIANG LI fasolt (bass) ANDREW HARRIS fafner (bass) VALENTINA FARCAS woglinde (soprano) KIMBERLY GRATLAND JAMES wellgunde (mezzo-soprano) RENÉE TATUM flosshilde (mezzo-soprano) ALBERTO TRIOLA stage director
Tonight, the “Prologue” of Wagner’s masterpiece The Ring of the Nibelung sets the mighty saga in motion and prepares you for what is to come: the conflict between love and power, and, ultimately, redemption through love. You’ll be plunged into the depths of the Rhine and hear the seductive siren song of the Rhine maidens; shudder at the curse placed on the possessor of all-power-giving ring of gold; fear for the folly of the gods as they traverse the rainbow bridge to enter their Valhalla palace — not knowing the doom that awaits them. With English supertitles.
