Der Ring des Nibelungen
Anne Evans as Brünnhilde in Harry Kupfer's Ring production at Bayreuth.
Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Nibelung's Ring / The Ring of the Nibelung) is called "ein Bühnenfestspiel für drei Tage und einen Vorabend" (a stage festival drama for three days and a preliminary evening).
- Das Rheingold (Vorabend)
- Die Walküre (Erster Tag)
- Siegfried (Zweiter Tag)
- Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods; Dritter Tag)
Der Ring des Nibelungen had its world premiere at the first festival in Bayreuth
in 1876.
Three cycles were performed. Richard Wagner was stage director and Hans Richter
was the conductor. Artists and celebrities from all over the world had
come to Bayreuth to be a part of this event.
The next time the complete Ring was produced in Bayreuth was in 1896.
All productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen at Bayreuth Festival here.
Premiere cast at the first Bayreuther Festspiele 1876
Das RheingoldCast 13 August 1876Conductor Hans Richter Wotan Franz Betz |
Die WalküreCast 14 August 1876Conductor Hans Richter Siegmund Albert Niemann |
SiegfriedCast 16 August 1876Conductor Hans Richter Siegfried Georg Unger |
GötterdammerungCast 17 August 1876Conductor Hans Richter
Siegfried Georg Unger |
Ring performances the first years after the world premiere:
| 1878 | München |
| 1879 | Wien |
| 1880 | Hamburg |
| 1881 | Berlin (Angelo Neumann's travelling Wagner-Theatre with guest performances in Berliner Viktoria-Theater) |
| 1882–1883 | Angelo Neumann's travelling Wagner-Theatre on tour: London (Her Majesty's Theatre), Breslau, Königsberg, Danzig, Hannover, Bremen, Barmen, Dresden, Amsterdam, Brüssel, Aachen, Düsseldorf, Mainz, Darmstadt, Karlsruhe, Strassburg, Stuttgart, Basel, Venice, Bologna, Rome, Torino, Triest, Budapest, Graz – totaling 135 performances of the Ring! |
Said about Der Ring des Nibelungen
Peter Tchaikovsky on Der Ring des Nibelungen
Wagner's tetralogy is so complicated and so finely detailed that much time is necessary for a study of it - and it really ought to be heard often.
In a letter to Modeste Tchaikovsky, written 14 August 1876 (Bayreuth - The Early Years)
Edvard Grieg
Every performance is so exhausting emotionally that it leaves one quite worn out.
Edvard Grieg, 17 August 1876
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