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★★★★ “Eeriness and nudity – the Royal Opera’s new Rheingold is an edgy joy. For the first in his new four-year Ring cycle, Barrie Kosky pares back the sumptuousness to create a more elemental Wagnerian spectacle” The Telegraph

★★★★“With the figure of earth goddess Erda present throughout, the message – of the despoliation of the natural world – is clear. There’s no weak link in a uniformly strong cast, and in the pit Pappano has the measure of Wagner’s grandeur and intimacy” The Guardian

Director Barrie Kosky joins forces with conductor Antonio Pappano in a bold new imagining of the first chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

★★★★ The Evening Standard

Director Barrie Kosky joins forces with conductor Antonio Pappano in a bold new imagining of the first chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for generations. Wagner’s Ring cycle boasts some of the greatest music ever written for the opera stage. Join us as we embark on a spectacular journey into the world of myth, dream and memory, with the figure of Erda – Mother Earth herself – at its centre. Antonio Pappano conducts Barrie Kosky’s bold new imagining of Wagner’s Das Rheingold – which marks the start of a new Ring cycle for The Royal Opera – with an outstanding cast including Christopher Maltman (Wotan) and Christopher Purves (Alberich).

Running time 170 minutes (no interval)
Sung in German with English subtitles

Music Richard Wagner
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Director Barrie Kosky
Set Designer Rufus Didwiszus
Costume Designer Victoria Behr
Lighting Designer Alessandro Carletti

Wotan Christopher Maltman
Alberich Christopher Purves
Loge Sean Panikkar
Fricka Marina Prudenskaya
Freia Kiandra Howarth
Erda Wiebke Lehmkuhl
Donner Kostas Smoriginas
Froh Rodrick Dixon
Mime Brenton Ryan
Fasolt In Sung Sim
Fafner Soloman Howard
Woglinde Katharina Konradi
Wellgunde Niamh O’Sullivan
Flosshilde Marvic Monreal

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House