Der Ring des Nibelungen (Highlights)

Composer: Wagner, Richard

Librettist/Text Author: Wagner, Richard

Conductor: Solti, Georg

Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Ensemble: Salzburg Marionette Theatre

Actor: Oberliessen, Tim

Puppeteer: Brunner, Philippe

Puppeteer: Funck, Edouard

Puppeteer: Holzl, Heide

Puppeteer: Obermayr, Michaela

Puppeteer: Paulus, Emanuel

Puppeteer: Wiener, Eva

She: Wetter, Christiani

Set Designer: Floeren, Christian

Costume Designer: Floeren, Christian

Lighting Designer: Stipsits, Eduard

Stage Director: Maldeghem, Carl Philip von

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Date of Production: 2012

Venue: Salzburg Marionette Theatre

Playing Time: 01:48:17

Catalogue Number: BVE10138

UPC: 4280000101389

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Wagner's great epic compresses to two hours, dense, humorous and extremely exciting! Puppets meet actors and take us into a time tunnel of mythological entanglements.

The Salzburg Marionette Theater and the adjacent Landestheater put together a mammoth task: Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung was supposed to shrink from 16 hours to a compact two.

The tetralogy was not allowed to suffer any substantive lack, on the contrary, the version was to provide a common thread through the four operas. The basic structure of the work remained untouched and was only condensed. The staging casts a contemporary look on the fabric. The spectators will find themselves in more than 30 characters portrayed by puppets and people.

Music: excerpts from the famous Solti Ring cycle.