Das Rheingold
Sunday 13 October, 3:00 pm, Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Julian Close - Wotan
John Graham Hall - Loge
Andrew Shore - Alberich
Richard Roberts - Mime
Sarah Castle - Fricka
Alison Roddy - Freia
Conductor - Michael Lloyd | MORE INFORMATION | FULL CAST
Das Rheingold is an incredibly innovative opera; characters changing into animals, Rhinemaidens swimming on stage, and dramatic scene changes are just some of the imaginative techniques used by Wagner. The instrumentation used by Wagner for the opera was also ground-breaking. Bass trumpet and contrabass trombone, seven harps and the incredible …
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