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Bernd Uhlig
The Ring of the Nibelung
With its world-exploring ambition as well as its sheer temporal expanse, THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG is the greatest challenge for any production team. Sir Donald Runnicles and Stefan Herheim have now taken on this mission of translating the world of thought of Wagner's tetralogy into the 21st century. True to Schiller's dictum that man is only fully human where he plays, Herheim develops the beginning of the tetralogy from the act of playing. Through the playful execution of the myth, society finds itself and its values, which are, of course, only valid as long as the play lasts and must therefore be found anew again and again. Consequently, the conception of Wagner's myth in GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG ends in the here and now, the focus widens from the development of individual figures to society as a whole.
THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG
Dates
Media library, DVD, Blu ray or radio
Audiovisual recording and live radio broadcast
The Deutsche Oper Berlin and Naxos as producer will audio-visually record the RING in November 2021. In addition, Norwegian Television NRK and the online platform MarqueeTV are involved as production partners, as well as the RBB, which will broadcast the 2nd cycle live on radio. After post-production of the recording, the RING will be broadcast in spring 2022 on ARD Mediathek, MarqueeTV and Norwegian television. In autumn 2022, Naxos will release a DVD or Blu-ray box set.
The New Beginning of the End
THE RHINEGOLD is set in a mythical, distant past, populated not by humans, but gods and dwarves. What does this pre-historic past mean to us? ... Questions to the director about the RING
Richard Wagner – 4 January 2022
The Rhinegold
Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles; Director: Stefan Herheim; With Derek Welton, Joel Allison, Attilio Glaser, Thomas Blondelle, Markus Brück, Ya-Chung Huang, Andrew Harris, Tobias Kehrer, Annika Schlicht, Judit Kutasi et al.
Richard Wagner – 5 January 2022
The Valkyrie
Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles; Director: Stefan Herheim; With Brandon Jovanovich, Tobias Kehrer, Iain Paterson, Elisabeth Teige, Annika Schlicht, Nina Stemme et al.
Wand’rers and other refugees
We searchers on an endless quest! The RING tells the eternal tale of the waxing and waning of our ideas and world views. The message is as relevant today as it was 150 years ago: the game may be finished, but it’s never over.
Richard Wagner – 7 January 2022
Siegfried
Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles; Director: Stefan Herheim; With Clay Hilley, Ya-Chung Huang, Iain Paterson, Jordan Shanahan, Tobias Kehrer, Judit Kutasi, Nina Stemme u. a.
Richard Wagner – 9 January 2022
Twilight of the Gods
Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles; Director: Stefan Herheim; With Clay Hilley, Thomas Lehman, Jordan Shanahan, Albert Pesendorfer, Nina Stemme, Aile Asszonyi, Okka van der Damerau
Annika Schlicht: A place of serenity for my soul … The museum
Mezzo-soprano Annika Schlicht sings Fricka in Wagner’s THE RHINEGOLD. To get into her roles, she looks to classical art for inspiration – and finds characters that exude timeless truths
Sum of experience
Sir Donald Runnicles in conversation with Jörg Königsdorf about the sound of TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, first published in the programme booklet for the production
Moving in good circles
Great ideas need great supporters. And great stories contain eternity at their core – the end of the final chapter heralds a brand-new saga. So it was only natural that the first meeting of the friends and supporters of the new RING production should take place in the wings of the last performance of Götz Friedrich’s version of the RING. The new production of the RING would not have been possible without the Society of Friends and Patrons and one very special circle of supporters.
