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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold

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Music drama in four scenes (sung in German)
Covent Garden Orchestra (Leader, Charles Taylor)
Conducted by Franz Konwitschny
The action takes place in legendary times
SCENE 1: At the bottom of the Rhine
SCENE 2: An open space on a mountain height
SCENE 3: The subterranean caves of Nibelheim
SCENE 4: An open space on a mountain height
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (by arrangement with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
"Die Walküre": September 23 at 6.0
"Siegfried": September 28 at 6.0
"Götterdämmerung": October 2 at 6.0

Contributors

Leader:
Charles Taylor
Conducted By:
Franz Konwitschny
God - Wotan:
Hans Hotter
God - Donner:
David Kelly
God - Froh:
Edgar Evans
God - Loge:
Richard Holm
Nibelung - Alberich:
Otakar Kraus
Nibelung - Mime:
Peter Klein
Giant - Fasolt:
Kurt Bohme
Giant - Fafner:
Michael Langdon
Goddess - Fricka:
Ursula Bose
Goddess - Freia:
Una Hale
Goddess - Erda:
Marga Hoffgen
Rhinemaiden - Woglinde:
Joan Carlyle
Rhinemaiden - Wellgunde:
Josephine Veasey
Rhinemaiden - Flosshilde:
Marjorie Thomas

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