Organization

Set designer

Stewart Laing

Translator

John Deathridge

Singer

Tenor

John Findon

Mime

Conductor

Martyn Brabbins

Stage director

Richard Jones

Lighting designer

Adam Silverman

Choreographer

Sarah Fahie

Baritone

John Relyea

Wotan

Blake Denson

Donner

Julian Hubbard

Froh

Frederick Ballentine

Loge

Mezzo-soprano

Madeleine Shaw

Fricka

Soprano

Jennifer Davis

Freia

Contralto

Christine Rice

Erda

Bass

James Creswell

Fafner

Simon Bailey

Fasolt

Leigh Melrose

Alberich

Eleanor Dennis

Woglinde

Idunnu Münch

Wellgunde

Video designer

Akhila Krishnan

Katie Lowe

English National Opera

Katie Stevenson

Flosshilde

English

The Rheingold

London

United Kingdom

London Coliseum

Greedy. Jealous. Lustful. The gods are all-too-human.: Das Rheingold Wagner,Richard

Public

The Rhinegold

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Ever wanted to know the story of Wagner's 15-hour Ring Cycle? .... Here it is in two and a half minutes.

Now you know the story, hear the music:  Sydney Symphony Orchestra -- Wagner's Ring Adventure (18 -- 21 Sep 2013).

Wagner's 15-hour Ring Cycle...in two and a half minutes

When the forging of a prophesied ring of the Rhine proves more problematic than you’d possibly think, the realms of gods and men prove all the more chaotic for it. Giants, dwarfs, nymphs and deities quarrel and clash, with the fate of the nine worlds in the balance. 

Olivier Award-winning director Richard Jones returns from 2022’s ‘powerful’ (Evening Standard) production of The Valkyrie in ENO’s ongoing Ring Cycle, performing all four epics as part of a five-year collaboration bringing Wagner’s magnum opus to the London Coliseum.

ENO Music Director Martyn Brabbins channels Wagner’s tempestuous score in conducting the ENO Chorus and Orchestra. Wotan, played by John Relyea, is accompanied by Frederick Ballentine (Loge), former Harewood Artist Madeleine Shaw (Fricka), Christine Rice (Erda), Leigh Melrose (Alberich) and James Cresswell (Fafner), amongst others. 

Book your opera tickets to witness the start of a saga, in Wagner’s The Rhinegold.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew