Das Rheingold-29 July 2009 Evening 7.30pm

Opera: Performance details

Company: Mariinsky Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Visiting company
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Cast
Wotan
ruler of the gods
Evgeny Nikitin
Donner
God of Thunder
Evgeny Ulanov
Froh
God of Light
Evgeny Akimov
Loge
God of Fire
Oleg Balashov
Alberich
a Nibelung
Nikolai Putilin
Mime
his brother, a nibelung
Andrei Popov
Fasolt
a Giant
Vadim Kravets
Fafner
a Giant
Gennady Bezzubenkov
Fricka
Wotan's wife, Goddess of Marriage
Larisa Diadkova
Freia
Fricka's sister, Goddess of Youth
Zhanna Dombrovskaya
Erda
Goddess of Fate
Zlata Bulycheva
Woglinde
a Rhinemaiden
Zhanna Dombrovskaya
Wellgunde
a Rhinemaiden
Lia Shvstsova
Flosshilde
a Rhinemaiden
Nadezhda Serdyuk
Artists of the Mariinsky Theatre
Junior Associates of The Royal Ballet School
Students of the Susan Robinson School of Ballet
Students of Central School of Ballet
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Notes: Surtitles by arrangement with The Royal Opera.
Language: German
Surtitled by: Barry Millington
Durations: Entire work: 160 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 29 July-1 August 2009 (in Royal Opera House Collections)