Performance

VenueTheatre Royal
Other spaces: Studio, Stage 2
TownNorwich
CountyNorfolk
From18th June 1997
To28th June 1997
What is currently on at Theatre Royal (V72)

The Ring of the Nibelungen

T01307149908
Der Ring des Nibelungen. Consisting of Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung. In Das Rheingold the power crazy dwarf Alberich plots to steal the Rhinemaidens gold, which bestows omnipotence on its owner. Meanwhile Wotan and Loge, two powerful gods, plan to steal the gold as a ransom for the goddess Freia who has been kidnapped by giants annoyed at not being paid for building Valhalla. In Die Walkure (which includes the famous Ride of the Valkyries the goddesses fly the souls of dead battle heroes to their new home in Valhalla but Brunnhilde (Chief Valkyrie) has fallen out with Wotan because she protected his half human son Siegmund in ballet so he imprisons her on a rock surrounded by fire knowing that only a fearless hero (who he thinks doesn't exist) can save her. In Siegfried (he is the son of star-crossed lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde) we find Wotan disguised as a wandered, Alberich (the dwarf) and Mime trying to recover the Ring from Fafner (who is now a dragon) - but they are beaten to it by Siegried who kills the dragon and goes off to rescue Brunnhilde with the Ring. In Gotterdammerung we find that Hagen (Albrich's son) has drugged Siegmund, making him fall out of love with Brunnhilde so that he can marry her himself - meanwhile Brunnhilde, angered at the fickle nature of her lover, vows revenge.
Music Wagner


Archive :: production:T01307149908, opera or operetta:S2072, venue:V72

Production details

Tickets sold out a year before performance - some returns available, call box office.

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Company

Company Norwegian National Opera
Choreographer Heinz Fricke
Design Kathrine Hysing
Director Mike Ashman
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