VIENNA WORK 2

THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG          DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN

RICHARD WAGNER

VIENNA STATE OPERA               WIENER STAATSOPER

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Vienna, Austria

DAS RHEINGOLD

music director   Christoph von Dohnanyi

director  Adollf Dresen

designer  Herbert Kapplmuller

The Gods

Wotan  Robert Hale

Donner  Monte Pederson

Froh  Kurt Schreibmayer

Loge  Siegfried Jerusalem

The Nibelungen

Alberich  Franz Josef Kapellmann

Mime  Heinz Zednik

The Giants

Fasolt  Kurt Rydl

Fafner  Walter Fink

The Goddesses

Fricka Uta Priew

Freia  Adrianne Pieczonka

Erda  Jadwiga Rappe

The Rhinemaidens

Woglinde  Gabriele Fontana

Wellgunde  Gabriele Sima

Flosshilde  Margereta Hintermeier 

 

 NEXT      1. ALBERICH AND THE RHINEMAIDENS   oil on canvas  122cm x 183cm
    

     
In Act I of Das Rheingold, Alberich, a Nibelung from the underworld, attempts to attract the Rhinemaidens, 
but is mocked and rejected. In revenge he steals their 'toy', the Rhinegold, upper left in painting.    
The Rhinemaidens put a curse upon the stolen gold, that who possesses it will have no love.