Event

DAS RHEINGOLD (Wagner)

DAS RHEINGOLD (Wagner)
Performed at the Palau de les Arts "Reine Sofia," Valencia, Spain
Conducted by Zubin Mehta
Directed by Carlos Padrissa and La Fura dels Baus
Cast: Juha Uusitalo, Ilya Bannik, German Villar, John Daszak, and Matti Salminen
Running Time: 167 minutes plus intermission
"(This production)...quite possibly shows us the path that musical theater will be taking in the future."
- Die Zeit
Das Rheingold is the first of the four operas that comprise "The Ring of the Nibelung (Der Ring des Nibelungen)" by Richard Wagner. The story revolves arould the Nibelung dwarf Alberich, who steals the Rheingold and renounces love in order to forge a ring so powerful, that with it he could rule the world. Full of gods, giants, maidens, dwarfs, and adventure, Das Rheingold takes us on a journey through the spectacular fantasy world imagined by Carlos Padrissa and his prolific theater group La Fura dels Baus. Blending music, acrobatics, savvy video technology, and props (often formed of human beings), this virtuosic and visually spectacular production turns Wagner's dream of Gesamtkunstwerk (total art work) into a captivating reality.