2019 is the 150th anniversary of the first performance of Richard Wagner’s opera, Das Rheingold (22nd September 1869) – the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing the opera on 13th October 2019 in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall.
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Our cast are internationally and nationally renowned performers who have performed in opera houses and concert halls around the world including previous performances of Das Rheingold at Bayreuth, the opera house that Wagner designed and built to showcase his works.
Wotan: Julian Close
Loge: John Graham Hall
Alberich: Andrew Shore
Mime: Richard Roberts
Fricka: Sarah Castle
Freia: Alison Roddy
Erda: Anne-Marie Owens
Donner: Christopher Cull
Froh: John Hudson
Fasolt: Matt Buswell
Fafner: Simon Wilding
Woglinde: Natasha Day
Wellgunde: Flora McIntosh
Flosshilde: Kamilla Dunstan
Cast subject to change