Story

Das Rheingold

Scorned by three beautiful Rhinemaidens, the dwarf Alberich renounces love and steals the Rhine’s magical gold to forge a ring granting its bearer absolute power.

Composer: Richard Wagner

Approximate running time: 2 hours, 35 minutes with no intermission

Sung in German with English supertitles

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SYNOPSIS

In the cycle’s prelude, greed and vengeance trigger a chain of events fraught with corruption and struggle.

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CAST & CREATIVE

Cast

Wotan	Greer Grimsley
Loge	Stefan Margita
Alberich	Falk Struckmann*
Fricka	Jamie Barton
Erda	Ronnita Miller
Mime	David Cangelosi
Fasolt	Andrea Silvestrelli
Fafner	Raymond Aceto
Woglinde	Stacey Tappan
Wellgunde	Lauren McNeese
Flosshilde	Renée Tatum
Froh	Brandon Jovanovich
Donner	Brian Mulligan

* San Francisco Opera Debut

Crew

Conductor	Donald Runnicles
Director	Francesca Zambello
Set Designer	Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer	Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer	Mark McCullough
Projection Designer	S. Katy Tucker
Projection Designer	Jan Hartley
Chorus Director	Ian Robertson

* San Francisco Opera Debut

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