Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner

Prologue to The Ring of the Nibelung
Music and libretto by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Premiere: Munich, Royal Theater, 22 september 1869

New production

For every opera house, a new production of any Wagner opera means a huge challenge for all its forces. In 2025, we have set us the goal to present you with a part of the Tetralogy, Das Rheingold, in one of Davide Livermore’s spectacular visualisations.

The revolutionary aspect of this production, however, lies in the musical side, notwithstanding recent endeavours by other companies: the recreation of the orchestra sound, the safeguarding of the clarity of the word, a special focus on the interplay between the voice and the orchestra, the difference between declamation and cantabile lines.

Chief Conductor Gianluca Capuano conducts a hand-picked cast of singers and Les Musiciens du Prince – our period instrument orchestra, which during the past years has successfully made a name for itself with operas from Monteverdi to Verdi. And now, it is ready to present its own stunningly fresh view of Wagner.

Conductor | Gianluca Capuano
Direction | Davide Livermore
Sets | Eleonora Peronetti
Costumes | Gianluca Falaschi
Lighting design | Antonio Castro
Videos | D-Wok

Wotan | Christopher Purves
Donner | Kartal Karagedik
Froh | Omer Kobiljak
Loge | Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Fasolt | Tobias Kehrer
Fafner | Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Alberich | Péter Kálmán
Mime | Michael Laurenz
Fricka | Varduhi Abrahamyan
Freia, Woglinde | Mélissa Petit
Erda | Ekaterina Semenchuk
Wellgunde | Kayleigh Decker
Flosshilde | Alexandra Kadurina

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

Dates:
Wednesday 19 February 2025 – 8pm (Gala)
Friday 21 February 2025 – 8pm
Sunday 23 February 2025 – 3pm
Tuesday 25 February 2025 – 8pm