Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
Opera
Evening before the stage festival ‘The Ring of the Nibelung’ by Richard Wagner
Text by Richard Wagner

When the giants demand their reward for building Valhalla, the castle of the gods, chief god Wotan gets into trouble. The cunning Loge knows what to do: the Nibelung Alberich once came into possession of the Rhine gold, which – forged into a ring – promises boundless dominion. Wotan and Loge decide to snatch the gold and the ring from Alberich in order to pay the giants. In his new production, Benedikt von Peter focuses on Wotan’s patriarchal rule and its disastrous effects on subsequent generations. Through the eyes of Brünnhilde, the audience experiences the four-part story as a fragmented trail of memories.

PREMIERE: 4 September 2023