Das Rheingold: Performance History
First performance: 22 September 1869,
Königlich Hof- und Nationaltheater, München
Cast:
- Wotan : August Kindermann
(also created roles of Wotan in Die Walküre
and Titurel in Parsifal)
- Loge : Heinrich Vogl
(also created same role in the Ring, and role of Siegmund in
Die Walküre)
- Donner : Karl Samuel Heinrich
(also created roles of Melot in Tristan und Isolde
and Kunz Vogelgesang in Die Meistersinger)
- Froh : Franz Nachbaur
(also created role of Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger)
- Fricka : Sophie Stehle
(also created role of Brünnhilde in Die Walküre)
- Freia : Henriette Muller
- Erda : Emma Seehofer
(also created role of Schwertleite in Die Walküre)
- Mime : Max Schlosser
(also created roles of a Messenger in Die Feen
and David in Die Meistersinger)
- Alberich : Karl Fischer
(also created role of Fritz Kothner in Die Meistersinger)
- Fasolt : Toni Petzer
- Fafner : Kaspar Bausewein
(also created roles of Harald in Die Feen,
Veit Pogner in Die Mesitersinger,
and Hunding in Die Walküre)
- Woglinde : Anna Kaufmann
(also created role of Fricka in Die Walküre)
- Wellgunde : Therese Vogl
(also created role of Sieglinde in Die Walküre)
- Flosshilde : Wilhelmine Ritter
(also created role of Grimgerde in Die Walküre)
First performance as part of Der Ring des Nibelungen:
13 August 1876, Festspielhaus, Bayreuth
Cast:
- Wotan : Franz Betz
- Loge : Heinrich Vogl
(also created same role in original Das Rheingold, and
role of Siegmund in Die Walküre)
- Donner : Eugen Gura
(also created role of Gunther)
- Froh : Georg Unger
(also created role of Siegfried)
- Fricka : Frederike Grün-Sadler
(also created role of 3rd Norn)
- Freia : Marie Haupt
(also created roles of Gerhilde and a Forestbird)
- Erda : Luise Jaide
(also created role of Waltraute)
- Mime : Karl Schlosser
- Alberich : Karl Hill
(also created role of Klingsor in Parsifal)
- Fasolt : Albert Eilers
- Fafner : Franz von Reichenberg
- Woglinde : Lilli Lehmann
(also created role of Helmwige)
- Wellgunde : Marie Lehmann
(also created role of Ortlinde)
- Flosshilde : Minna Lammert
First performance in:
- Austria: 24 Jan 1878, Vienna
- United Kingdom: 5 May 1882, London (His Majesty's)
[as part of the Ring]
- Poland: Sep 1882, Wroclaw [as part of the Ring]
- Netherlands: 2 Jan 1883, Amsterdam [as part of the Ring]
- Belgium: 23 Jan 1883, Brussels [as part of the Ring]
- Switzerland: 26 Mar 1883, Basle [as part of the Ring]
- Italy: 14 Apr 1883, Venice [as part of the Ring]
- Hungary: 23 May 1883, Budapest [as part of the Ring]
- Czech Republic: 19 Dec 1885, Prague
- United States: 4 Jan 1889, New York (Met)
- Russia: 11 Mar 1889, St. Petersburg [as part of the Ring]
- Latvia: 26 Oct 1890, Riga
- Sweden: 26 Oct 1901, Stockholm
- France: 19 Mar 1902, Nice [concert 13 Jan 1901, Paris]
- Belarus: 13 Feb 1908, Lvov
- Denmark: 2 May 1908, Copenhagen
- Monaco: 26 Jan 1909, Monte Carlo [as part of the Ring]
- Portugal: 1909, Lisbon [as part of the Ring]
- Scotland: 28 Feb 1910, Edinburgh [as part of the Ring]
- Spain: Mar 1910, Madrid
- Argentina: 11 Aug 1910, Buenos Aires
- South Africa: 1913, Johannesburg
- Brazil: Sep 1922, Rio de Janeiro
- Finland: 13 Mar 1930, Helsinki
- Croatia: 11 Mar 1935, Zagreb
- Romania: 27 Apr 1938, Bucharest [as part of the Ring]
- Bulgaria: 10 Nov 1938, Sofia [as part of the Ring]
- Greece: 26 Nov 1938, Athens [as part of the Ring]
First performance at:
- Metropolitan Opera: 4 Jan 1889
(93 performances in 48 seasons through 1975-76)
- San Francisco Opera: 1 Nov 1935
(26 performances in 8 seasons through 1997-98,
most recently 24 Jun 1990)
Monday, 07-May-2012 10:26:53 PDT