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classical music, opera, theatre

Wagner: Das Rheingold

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
  • Produced by Müpa Budapest
  • BUDAPEST WAGNER DAYS

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The year 2022 will mark the 14th anniversary of the first occasion when Wagner's complete Ring cycle was performed in its entirety at Müpa Budapest, and now the audience, already familiar with the revised version of Hartmut Schörghofer's legendary production, will get to see it again. The story of the Ring of the Nibelung is one of humanity's greatest artistic works, a monumental achievement that can be likened to the ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, the Divine Comedy or Joseph and His Brothers: we owe it to ourselves to delve into it from time to time.

Das Rheingold is the introduction to the storyline, depicting the central conflict. Starting from a primeval state of peace, the opera shows how the original sin was committed, triggering a chain of events that eventually lead to complete annihilation. One senses that the myth is not really about gods, giants and dwarfs, but rather about ourselves: the playful and frightening tale depicts not a world that never existed, but rather the one we live in. Ádám Fischer's concept is for the "most important objective of the Budapest Wagner Days festival to develop a performance style that is in line with Wagner's original ideas. The most important thing for him were dramatic expression and intense enunciation: it was not singing in the traditional sense of the word that he demanded of his performers on stage, but rather sprechgesang, meaning sung speech. With this vocal style and the concept of the gesamtkunstwerk, the unity in total art of the text, the music and the action on stage, he created a new genre. We endeavour to make our performances fulfil Wagner's vision to the greatest degree possible." Featured in this year's Das Rheingold will be two wonderful bass-baritones - Poland's Tomasz Konieczny and, in the second cast, the Latvian Egils Silins - portraying Wotan, old favourite Christian Franz as Loge and Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Walter Fink and Sorin Coliban or Krisztián Cser in the roles of Alberich, Fafner and Fasolt, respectively.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Artistic director and conductor:

  • Ádám Fischer

Performers:

  • Wotan
    Tomasz Konieczny (09.06.), Egils Silins (16.06.)
  • Donner
    Zsolt Haja
  • Froh
    Szabolcs Brickner
  • Loge
    Christian Franz
  • Fricka
    Atala Schöck
  • Freia
    Lilla Horti
  • Erda
    Nadine Weissmann
  • Alberich
    Jochen Schmeckenbecher
  • Mime
    Cornel Frey
  • Fafner
    Walter Fink
  • Fasolt
    Sorin Coliban (09.06.), Krisztián Cser (16.06.)
  • Woglinde
    Orsolya Sáfár
  • Wellgunde
    Gabriella Fodor
  • Flosshilde
    Zsófia Kálnay

Featuring:

  • dancers
    Dóra Asztalos
    Zoltán Csere
    Gusztáv Eller
    János Feledi
    Laura Fehér
    Anna Gulyás
    István Horváth
    Zoltán Katonka
    Krisztián Kelemen
    Brigitta Tóth
    Milán Újvári
    Gábor Vida
    Vencel Vida
  • child dancer
    Milos Katonka (09.06.), Vencel Vida (16.06.)
  • Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Creators:

  • Set designer, director
    Hartmut Schörghofer
  • Dramaturg
    Christian Martin Fuchs †, Dr. Christian Baier
  • Costume and puppet designer
    Corinna Crome
  • head of lighting
    Máté Vajda
  • video
    Szupermodern Filmstúdió Budapest
  • First assistant director
    Etelka Polgár
  • Choreography
    Gábor Vida
  • Assistant to the choreographer
    Dóra Asztalos
  • Deputy conductor
    János Kovács
  • Musical assistants
    László Bartal
    Gábor Bartinai
    Dóra Bizják
    Brigitta Kovács
    Siegmund Weinmeister

Parking information

We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.

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BUDAPEST WAGNER DAYS
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