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The Ring in seven days. Das Rheingold, Die Walküre,
Siegfried and Götterdämmerung in succession. Four
operas - one Prologue and three “days” - , four performances, fifteen hours of music in the long but concentrated span of the same week. Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday. A project in the spirit of Wagner,
who fulfilled his dream of an integral performance of
his Tetralogy in the new Festspielhaus in Bayreuth
between 13 and 17 of August 1876.
In the year that brings Verdi and Wagner together in
the bicentenary of their births (1813), the Teatro alla
Scala is to include in its 2012-2013 season a double
Tetralogy: for all true Wagnerians and opera lovers
everywhere, a full immersion into the most visionary journey ever to come out of the musical theatre
from Monteverdi to the present. Four different stage
settings linked in a single project created by director
Guy Cassiers, under the guidance of one of the
greatest interpreters of Wagner, Daniel Barenboim,
and with four casts of excellent Wagnerians,
well-known to opera-goers around the world.
The Scala’s connection with Wagner has solid roots,
stretching back in time. On 26 of December 1898, the
thirty-one-year-old Arturo Toscanini made his début
in the Theatre with Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
After that and until his move to the United States,
each year alongside Aida, La Traviata, Rigoletto,
Falstaff, Otello and Un Ballo in Maschera, Toscanini conducted Wagnerian titles in almost perfect proportions: Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde,
Siegfried, Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung and Die
Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
Victor de Sabata from Trieste, the former Habsburg
seaport, maintained the Wagnerian tradition until his
death in 1967. However, according to the annals,
Wagner has been conducted at the Scala by a long
line of great masters of the Germanic cultural sphere: Siegfried Wagner, Franz von Hösslin, Wilhelm
Furtwängler, Clemens Krauss, Herbert von Karajan.
During the twentieth century, the Scala has staged
integral performances of the Tetralogy eight times
in the same season: 1927 and 1928 (conducted by
Ettore Panizza, an Argentinian of Italian origin),
1930 (Siegfried Wagner), 1931 (Panizza), 1938 (Clemens Krauss), 1943 (Franz von Hösslin), 1949-50
(Wilhelm Furtwängler), 1962-63 (André Cluytens).
The last time the Ring was performed in the same
week (six days to be precise) was in 1938, when
Clemens Krauss conducted the Munich State Opera
Chorus and Orchestra.
Today, Daniel Barenboim is to take up this legacy
and offer the public his interpretation of Wagner.
Stéphane Lissner
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Preliminary evening
Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold
17, 24 June 2013
Conducted by
Daniel BARENBOIM
Designed and directed by
Guy CASSIERS
Scenery and lighting by
Enrico BAGNOLI
Costumes by
Tim VAN STEENBERGEN
Video by
Arjen KLERKX and Kurt D’HAESELEER
Choreography by
Sidi Larbi CHERKAOUI
A production of Teatro alla Scala.
Coproduced with Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin.
In cooperation with Toneelhuis, Antwerp.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Preliminary evening
Cast
Wotan - Michael VOLLE
Donner - Ian BUCHWALD
Froh - Marius VLAD
Loge - Stephan RÜGAMER
Alberich - Johannes Martin KRÄNZLE
Mime - Peter BRONDER
Fasolt - Iain PATERSON
Fafner - Alexander TSYMBALYUK
Fricka - Ekaterina GUBANOVA
Freia - Anna SAMUIL
Erda - Anna LARSSON
Woglinde - Aga MIKOLAJ
Wellgunde - Maria GORTSEVSKAYA
Flosshilde - Anna LAPKOVSKAJA
Teatro alla Scala reserves the right to make any changes to the Ring
programme, due to technical or artistic reasons or to events beyond its
control. Should a performance be cancelled, for any reason, only the
value of the cancelled performance will be refunded.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - First day
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre
18, 25 June 2013
Conducted by
Daniel BARENBOIM
Designed and directed by
Guy CASSIERS
Scenery and lighting by
Enrico BAGNOLI
Costumes by
Tim VAN STEENBERGEN
Video by
Arjen KLERKX and Kurt D’HAESELEER
Choreography by
Csilla LAKATOS
A production of Teatro alla Scala.
Coproduced with Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin.
In cooperation with Toneelhuis, Antwerp.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - First day
Cast
Siegmund - Simon O’NEILL
Hunding - Mikhail PETRENKO
Wotan - René PAPE
Sieglinde - Waltraud MEIER
Brünnhilde - Irene THEORIN
Fricka - Ekaterina GUBANOVA
Gerhilde - Danielle HALBWACHS
Ortlinde - Carola HÖHN
Waltraute - Ivonne FUCHS
Schwertleite - Anaik MOREL
Helmwige - Susan FOSTER
Siegrune - Lean SANDEL-PANTALEO
Grimgerde - Nicole PICCOLOMINI
Rossweisse - Simone SCHRÖDER
Teatro alla Scala reserves the right to make any changes to the Ring
programme, due to technical or artistic reasons or to events beyond its
control. Should a performance be cancelled, for any reason, only the
value of the cancelled performance will be refunded.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Second day
Richard Wagner
Siegfried
20, 27 June 2013
Conducted by
Daniel BARENBOIM
Designed and directed by
Guy CASSIERS
Scenery and lighting by
Enrico BAGNOLI
Costumes by
Tim VAN STEENBERGEN
Video by
Arjen KLERKX and Kurt D’HAESELEER
Choreography by
Sidi Larbi CHERKAOUI
A production of Teatro alla Scala.
Coproduced with Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin.
In cooperation with Toneelhuis, Antwerp.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Second day
Cast
Siegfried - Lance RYAN
Mime - Peter BRONDER
Der Wanderer - Juha UUSITALO
Alberich - Johannes Martin KRÄNZLE
Fafner - Alexander TSYMBALYUK
Erda - Anna LARSSON
Brünnhilde - Irene THEORIN
Stimme des Waldvogels - Mari ERIKSMOEN
Teatro alla Scala reserves the right to make any changes to the Ring
programme, due to technical or artistic reasons or to events beyond its
control. Should a performance be cancelled, for any reason, only the
value of the cancelled performance will be refunded.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Third day
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung
22, 29 June 2013
Conducted by
Daniel BARENBOIM
Designed and directed by
Guy CASSIERS
Scenery and lighting by
Enrico BAGNOLI
Costumes by
Tim VAN STEENBERGEN
Video by
Arjen KLERKX and Kurt D’HAESELEER
Choreography by
Sidi Larbi CHERKAOUI
A production of Teatro alla Scala.
Coproduced with Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin.
In cooperation with Toneelhuis, Antwerp.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Third day
Cast
Siegfried - Ian STOREY
Gunther - Gerd GROCHOWSKI
Alberich - Johannes Martin KRÄNZLE
Hagen - Mikhail PETRENKO
Brünnhilde - Irene THEORIN
Gutrune - Marina POPLAVSKAYA
Waltraute - Waltraud MEIER (22 June)
Marina PRUDENSKAYA (29 June)
Die erste Norn - Margarita NEKRASOVA
Die zweite Norn - Waltraud MEIER (22 June)
Marina PRUDENSKAYA (29 June)
Die dritte Norn - Marina POPLAVSKAYA
Woglinde - Aga MIKOLAJ
Wellgunde - Maria GORTSEVSKAYA
Flosshilde - Anna LAPKOVSKAJA
Teatro alla Scala reserves the right to make any changes to the Ring
programme, due to technical or artistic reasons or to events beyond its
control. Should a performance be cancelled, for any reason, only the
value of the cancelled performance will be refunded.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Subscriptions
Subscription
Platinum
• Stalls: rows A-N (centre seats)
• Boxes: 1st and 2nd tiers (nos. 13-18)
• A welcome cocktail in the theatre foyer on the
opening night of the Cycle chosen.
• A pre-paid voucher for a packet lunch during
the interval of Die Walküre.
• Access to the exclusive lounge in the Theatre
Museum during all intervals.
• Guided tours for groups of the backstage,
the Museum and the production workshops
in the week of the Cycle chosen.
• Invitations to the cultural events organised
by La Scala during the week of the Cycle chosen.
Plus some special gifts:
• A selection of short videos and pictures
of Der Ring on a USB flash drive.
• Further information on Der Ring directly
to your email address.
• The reproduction of a letter signed
by Richard Wagner.
• A limited edition playbill of the Cycle.
• The programme of the Cycle.
One special gift per Cycle subscription purchased,
regardless of the number of seats. Special gifts can be
collected in the theatre during the Cycle week.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Subscriptions
Subscription
Gold
• Stalls: rows A-N (side seats)
• Stalls: rows O-X
• Boxes: 1st and 2nd tiers (nos. 1-12)
• Boxes: 3rd tier (nos. 13-18)
• A welcome cocktail in the theatre foyer on the
opening night of the Cycle chosen.
• Guided tours for groups of the monumental
part of the Theatre and the Museum in the week
of the Cycle chosen.
• Invitations to the cultural events organised
by La Scala during the week of the Cycle chosen.
Plus some special gifts:
• A selection of short videos and pictures
of Der Ring on a USB flash drive.
• Further information on Der Ring directly
to your email address.
• A limited edition playbill of the Cycle.
One special gift per Cycle subscription purchased,
regardless of the number of seats. Special gifts can be
collected in the theatre during the Cycle week.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Subscriptions
Subscription
Silver
• Boxes: 3rd tier (nos. 1-12)
• Boxes: 4th tier (nos. 1-19)
• Guided tours for groups of the Theatre Museum
in the week of the Cycle chosen.
• One limited edition playbill per subscription purchased,
regardless of the number of seats. The playbill can be
collected in the theatre during the Cycle.
• Further information on Der Ring directly
to your email address.
• Invitations to the cultural events organised by La Scala
during the week of the Cycle chosen.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Subscriptions
Subscription
Bronze
• 1st Balcony (nos. 19-90)
• 2nd Balcony (nos. 33-80)
• Invitations to the cultural events organised by
La Scala during the week of the Cycle chosen.
• Further information on Der Ring directly
to your email address.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Calendar
Calendar
1st week
2nd week
Das Rheingold
Monday
17 June 2013
8.00 pm
Monday
24 June 2013
8.00 pm
Die Walküre
Tuesday
18 June 2013
6.30 pm
Tuesday
25 June 2013
6.30 pm
Siegfried
Thursday
20 June 2013
6.30 pm
Thursday
27 June 2013
6.30 pm
Götterdämmerung
Saturday
22 June 2013
6.00 pm
Saturday
29 June 2013
6.00 pm
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Stalls
Platinum
Gold
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Boxes
Platinum
Gold
Silver
* Seats in the boxes cannot be sold separately.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Box details
Platinum
Gold
Silver
* Seats in the boxes cannot be sold separately.
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Balcony
Bronze