Wagner Society in NSW Inc

7.05pm OPERA IN PERFORMANCE
With Simon Healy
Recent productions from the world's great opera houses
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL 2010
Wagner Das Rheingold - Preliminary evening of 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', in four scenes, to the composer's own libretto (Munich, 1869. First performance as part of cycle: Bayreuth, 1876)
Wotan: Albert Dohmen, bass-baritone
Donner: Ralf Lukas, bass-baritone
Froh: Clemens Bieber, tenor
Loge: Arnold Bezuyen, tenor
Fasolt: Kwangchul Youn, bass-baritone
Fafner: Diógenes Randes, bass
Alberich: Andrew Shore, bass-baritone
Mime: Wolfgang Schmidt, tenor
Fricka: Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano
Freia: Edith Haller, soprano
Erda: Christa Mayer, mezzo-soprano
Woglinde: Christiane Kohl, soprano
Wellgunde: Ulrike Helzel, soprano
Floßhilde: Simone Schröder, contralto
Bayreuth Festival Orch/Christian Thielemann
Courtesy of Bavarian Radio