Wagner's Das Rheingold

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Norse_mythology
gptkb:Nibelungenlied
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:compositionPeriod 1851-1854
gptkbp:duration about 2 hours 30 minutes
gptkbp:firstCompletePerformancePlace gptkb:Bayreuth_Festspielhaus
gptkbp:firstPerformed 13 August 1876
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Die_Walküre
gptkbp:genre music drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wagner's Das Rheingold
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:leitmotif Curse motif
Ring motif
Valhalla motif
Rhine motif
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Richard_Wagner
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 gptkb:Robert_Lepage_(Metropolitan_Opera,_2010)
Patrice Chéreau (Bayreuth, 1976)
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan_(Deutsche_Grammophon,_1967)
gptkb:James_Levine_(Deutsche_Grammophon,_1987)
Georg Solti (Decca, 1958)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen
gptkbp:precededBy none (it is the prologue of the Ring Cycle)
gptkbp:premiereDate 22 September 1869
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:National_Theatre_Munich
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Schott_Music
gptkbp:setting the Rhine, Valhalla, Nibelheim
gptkbp:theme betrayal
power
the gods
greed
the Rhine gold
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Theatre_Munich
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6