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Das Rheingold-29 September 1988 Evening 8.00pm

Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Bernard Haitink
Leader Hugh Maguire
Cast
Woglinde
Rhinedaughter 		Judith Howarth
Wellgunde
Rhinedaughter 		Anne Mason
Flosshilde
Rhinedaughter 		Jane Turner
Alberich
a Nibelung 		Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Fricka Helga Dernesch
Wotan
her husband and leader of the gods 		James Morris
Freia
Fricka's sister 		Nancy Gustafson
Fasolt
a giant 		Roderick Kennedy
Fafner
a giant 		Willard W White
Froh
Freia's brother 		Kim Begley
Donner
Freia's brother 		Philip Joll
Loge
god of fire 		Kenneth Riegel
Mime
Alberich's brother 		John Dobson
Erda
earth-goddess 		Jadwiga Rappé
Nibelungs
Movement group
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: German
Surtitled by: Stewart Spencer
Durations: Entire work: 8.05-10.35pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 29 September 1988 (in Royal Opera House Collections)