Das Rheingold (Richard Wagner) | Alain Altinoglu, Romeo Castellucci

At the bottom of the Rhine, magical gold gleams. When the Rhinemaidens who watch over it mockingly reject the advances of the Nibelung Alberich, the dwarf cheats them not only out of their treasure but also out of its secret: whoever forges a ring from the gold and renounces love will rule the world. Alberich does not hesitate, but his omnipotence is short-lived. After all, Wotan, God of the Gods, has also set his sights on the gold... With ’Das Rheingold’, La Monnaie opens a new production of Richard Wagner’s epic tetralogy ’Der Ring des Nibelungen’, created by two leading figures of its artistic family. With his striking, poetic and idiosyncratic images, director and visual artist Romeo Castellucci goes straight to the heart of Wagner’s myth. And thanks to Music Director Alain Altinoglu, the drama, a concept so dear to Wagner, takes on its full dimension. CAST Conductor ALAIN ALTINOGLU Director, Set, Costume & Lighting Designer ROMEO CASTELLUCCI Dramaturge CHRISTIAN LONGCHAMP Artistic Collaborator MAXI MENJA LEHMANN Set Design Collaborator PAOLA VILLANI Costume Design Collaborator CLARA ROSINA STRAßER Lighting Collaborator BENEDIKT ZEHM Choreography CINDY VAN ACKER Wotan GÁBOR BRETZ Donner ANDREW FOSTER-WILLIAMS Froh JULIAN HUBBARD Loge NICKY SPENCE Fricka MARIE-NICOLE LEMIEUX (appears courtesy of Erato/Warner Classics) Freia ANETT FRITSCH Erda NORA GUBISCH Alberich SCOTT HENDRICKS Mime PETER HOARE Fasolt ANTE JERKUNICA Fafner WILHELM SCHWINGHAMMER Woglinde ELEONORE MARGUERRE Wellgunde JELENA KORDIĆ Flosshilde CHRISTEL LOETZSCH La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra Production LA MONNAIE Coproduction GRAN TEATRO DEL LICEU (Barcelona) In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of and ING With the support of the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter ━━━━ For more video’s, subscribe to our YouTube channel: Or follow us on Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: Linkedin: #Opera #LaMonnnaie #DeMunt #LaMonnaieDeMunt