DAS RHEINGOLD

Time and space emerge from a deep E-flat major chord, and a world of gods, dwarves, giants, and nature spirits unfolds on the waves of the Rhine. But this paradisiacal state does not last long: after the Nibelung Alberich is spurned by the Rhine maidens, he decides to renounce love forever and seize the gold from the depths of the Rhine. From it, he forges a ring that gives him world power. But Wotan, the father of the gods, also wants to possess the ring. With the help of the fire god Loge, he actually succeeds in stealing the ring from Alberich. But Alberich curses the ring: misfortune shall befall its owner – a prophecy that will soon come true for the first and not the last time. With DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, Richard Wagner created a parable of the origin and end of the world and realized his radical idea of a Gesamtkunstwerk, in which text, music, and stage action form a symbiosis.
In RHEINGOLD, the team sets out in search of the childlike origins of the world. What happens when free, unburdened imagination is exploited in a power-obsessed society?

Musical direction: Marc Albrecht
Staging: Paul-Georg Dittrich
Stage design: Pia Dederichs / Lena Schmid
Costumes: Mona Ulrich
Video Art: Robi Voigt
Lighting: Andreas Grüter