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classical music, opera, theatre
Das Rheingold
13 June 2019, Thursday
4 pm - 6:50 pm
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Produced by Müpa Budapest
BUDAPEST WAGNER DAYS

Wagner

Das Rheingold

With 2019 seeing the return of Der Ring des Nibelungen to the Budapest Wagner Days, fans of the tetralogy will once again get to see their favourite performers, but this time with completely transformed choreographies and stage action, as well as 16 hours of never-seen-before video footage projected on the set and backdrop. The work of the creative team for each production will be supported by the addition of a new dramaturg.

Constituting the Vorabend or ‘preliminary evening' of the cycle, Das Rheingold is full of bright colours, humour and irony, and is more fairy tale than myth. With great narrative gusto, Wagner presents the Fall: the craving for the treasure - and power - that has everyone in its thrall. Along, of course, with the story of Wotan's arrogant architectural folly: he is bent on having Valhalla and will pay any price for it... The society of gods clearly resembles the human world: everyone is just as petty and fallible as the people we encounter in our own lives.
One thing constant about the production is Ádám Fischer's perfectionism and the deep humanism of his conducting, as well as the rich imaginativeness of the core concept of Hartmut Schörghofer's production. There will be a change of personnel in the central role. Following James Rutherford's turn at the role in 2017, this year we welcome back the wonderful - and very versatile - Danish baritone Johan Reuter as Wotan. Two other important roles remain in the same safe hands as last time, with the outstanding Péter Kálmán as Alberich and Gerhard Siegel as Mime. Zsolt Haja (Donner), Atala Schöck (Fricka) and Lilla Horti (Freia) will also be familiar from the 2017 cast. For those who have never warmed to or really known Wagner, it would be sound advice to start with Das Rheingold as the work to ‘master' the composer - and to cultivate the urge to see and hear the other three works in the tetralogy.

A music drama in four scenes (Updated version of the renowned production, in German, with surtitles projected in Hungarian and German).

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Artistic director, conductor:

Adam Fischer

Performers:

Wotan Johan Reuter
Donner Zsolt Haja
Froh Szabolcs Brickner
Alberich Péter Kálmán
Mime Gerhard Siegel
Fricka Atala Schöck
Freia Lilla Horti
Erda Erika Gál
Loge Christian Franz
Fafner Walter Fink
Fasolt Per Bach Nissen
Woglinde Eszter Wierdl
Wellgunde Gabriella Fodor
Flosshilde Zsófia Kálnay

Creators:

Dramaturg Christian Martin Fuchs †, Dr. Christian Baier
Costume and puppet designer Corinna Crome
First assistant director Etelka Polgár
Set designer, director Hartmut Schörghofer
head of lighting Máté Vajda
Choreography Gábor Vida
Assistant to the choreographer Dóra Asztalos
Deputy conductor János Kovács
Musical assistants László Bartal
Gábor Bartinai
Dóra Bizják
Friedrich Suckel
video Szupermodern Filmstúdió Budapest

Featuring:

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
dancers Dóra Asztalos, Zoltán Csere, Gusztáv Eller, Regő Farkas, Ádám Frigy, Nikoletta Gönczöl, Anna Gulyás, Brigitta Hortobágyi, István Horváth, Zoltán Katonka, Krisztián Kelemen, Milán Újvári, Gábor Vida, Vencel Vida
  • We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.

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