Das Rheingold (opera)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:catalogueNumber WWV 86A
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:duration about 2 hours 30 minutes
gptkbp:firstCompleteRingCyclePerformance gptkb:Bayreuth_Festspielhaus,_1876
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Die_Walküre
gptkbp:genre music drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Das Rheingold (opera)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Norse_mythology
Germanic legend
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Richard_Wagner
1863
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Donner
gptkb:Alberich
gptkb:Fafner
gptkb:Fasolt
gptkb:Loge
gptkb:Wotan
gptkb:Erda
gptkb:Freia
gptkb:Froh
gptkb:Fricka
gptkb:Rhinemaidens
Mime
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Entrance_of_the_Gods_into_Valhalla
gptkbp:notableProduction Patrice Chéreau, Bayreuth, 1976
Robert Lepage, Metropolitan Opera, 2010
gptkbp:notableRecording Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic, 1958
Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, 1967
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera, 1987
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen
gptkbp:precededBy none (first in the Ring cycle)
gptkbp:premiereDate 22 September 1869
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:National_Theatre_Munich
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Schott_Music
gptkbp:setting Rhine River, Valhalla, Nibelheim
gptkbp:structure prologue to the Ring cycle
gptkbp:subject curse of the ring
theft of the Rhine gold
building of Valhalla
forging of the ring
gptkbp:theme betrayal
mythology
power
greed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Das_Rheingold_(1978_film)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7