Gods behaving badly, gold, and a conductor who'd sell HIS soul for this tempo.
A myth, a heroic epic, a family saga - perhaps all of these together – make up Richard Wagner’s Ring tetralogy. This epic production of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden sees a remarkable collaboration between Christian Thielemann, one of the most distinguished Wagner conductors of our time, and Dmitri Tcherniakov, one of the great, internationally celebrated opera directors of our time.
Direction
Tcherniakov's modern-dress gods in crisis feel uncomfortably current.
Score
Thielemann's Rheingold is basically a masterclass in controlled chaos.
Director
Dmitri Tcherniakov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tcherniakov's staging treats the Ring as contemporary political theater—the gods are dysfunctional executives, the Nibelungs are exploited workers.
Thielemann has conducted more Wagner cycles than most people have had hot dinners; this was his first Rheingold at the Staatsoper since 2010.
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