Berlin
Rheingold Gold, by R. Wagner  
From 21 May to 27 May 2024
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    Berlin has a fascinating history. You can admire the mythical bust of Nefertiti at the Neues Museum or the archaeological wonders of Pergamon. With its richly ornate interiors, Charlottenburg Palace is a Baroque splendour, as is the Brandenburg Gate, erected at the end of the eighteenth century, which opens the Unter den Linden avenue. There are also so many places to visit for those who are passionate about the twentieth century: the Reichstag, the underground of the city or the remains of the Berlin Wall…

     

    We invite you to a truly exceptional stay. The Deutsche Oper presents Wagner’s Ring Cycle in four consecutive evenings: Rheingoldgold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods. This exciting experience, which must be done at least once in a lifetime, is offered in Stefan Herheim’s remarkable staging. The Berlin Opera has a long Wagnerian reputation under the baton of its director Donald Runnicles. In the manner of a “winter Bayreuth”, the singers gathered here (Derek Walton, Ricarda Merbeth, Clay Hilley…) are major interpreters of the German composer. What an experience! Wagner’s masterpiece performed in ideal conditions!

     

    Winner of several international awards, Norwegian Stefan Herheim is one of today’s most important directors: in his work, he brilliantly mixes historical events with biographical elements from the lives of composers.  An eternal traveller, the German composer lived in exile for a long time and found only in music (the Bayreuth Theatre being the most eloquent example) a permanent home. Based on this metaphor, which he extends to the current geopolitical situation, Herheim paints a stunningly rich picture: over the course of the four evenings, a community emerges, which will occupy, right down to the foyer, the entire space of the Deutsche Oper.

     

    Director of the Berlin institution since 2007, conductor Donald Runnicles promises a musical reading that is as ardent as it is committed. Long live Wagner’s music!

    The program
    Rheingold Gold, by R. Wagner        
    May 21, 2024
    Die Walküre, by R. Wagner
    May 22, 2024
    Twilight Of The Gods, By R. Wagner
    May 26, 2024
    TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2024 - BERLIN

    At 7:30 p.m., at the Deutsche Oper Berlin:

     

    RHEINGOLD, by R. Wagner

     

    Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

    Sir Donald Runnicles: Conductor

    Stefan Herheim: Director

    Silke Bauer: Set Designer

    Uta Heiseke: Costumes

    Torge Møller: Video

    Ulrich Niepel: Lighting

    Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach & Jörg Königsdorf: Dramaturgy

     

    Iain Paterson: Wotan

    Thomas Lehman: Donner

    Attilio Glaser: Froh

    Thomas Blondelle: Loge

    Jordan Shanahan: Alberich

    Ya-Chung Huang: Mime

    Albert Pesendorfer: Fasolt

    Tobias Kehrer: Fafner

    Annika Schlicht: Fricka

    Flurina Stucki: Freia

    Lauren Decker: Erda

    Sua Jo: Woglinde

    Irene Roberts: Wellgunde

    Karis Tucker: Flosshilde

    WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2024 - BERLIN

    At 5:00 p.m., at the Deutsche Oper Berlin:

     

    DIE WALKÜRE, by R. Wagner

     

    Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

    Sir Donald Runnicles: Conductor

    Stefan Herheim: Director

    Silke Bauer: Set Designer

    Uta Heiseke: Costumes

    William Duke & Dan Trenchard: Video

    Ulrich Niepel: Lighting

    Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach & Jörg Königsdorf: Dramaturgy

     

    Michael König: Siegmund

    Tobias Kehrer: Hunding

    Derek Welton: Wotan

    Elisabeth Teige: Sieglinde

    Annika Schlicht: Fricka

    Ricarda Merbeth: Brünnhilde

    Flurina Stucki: Helmwige

    Felicia Moore: Gerhilde

    Maria Motolygina: Ortlinde

    Irene Roberts: Waltraute

    Arianna Manganello: Siegrune

    Karis Tucker: Roßweiße

    Nicole Piccolomini: Grimgerde

    Lauren Decker: Schwertleite

    Eric Naumann: Hundingling

     

    Rhinegold and Die Walküre are the only operas of the Ring to have been premiered before the opening of the Bayreuth Festival in 1876. If Rheingold Gold is only a “prologue” strictly speaking, Wagner’s writing evolves in this first part: we leave the strict world of the Gods to enter the universe of men. Here, tragic and incestuous love shakes up passions.

     

    It is perhaps in Die Walküre that we find the most beautiful vocal cast of this Berlin Ring: Michael König, Tobias Kehrer, Derek Walton, Elisabeth Teige, Ricarda Merbeth… All of them are immense Wagnerian singers, seasoned with the extreme demands of the score.

     

     

     

    FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2024 - Berlin

    At 4:00 p.m., at the Deutsche Oper Berlin:

     

    SIEGFRIED, by R. Wagner

     

    Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

    Sir Donald Runnicles: Conductor

    Stefan Herheim: Director

    Silke Bauer: Set Designer

    Uta Heiseke: Costumes

    Torge Møller: Video

    Ulrich Niepel: Lighting

    Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach & Jörg Königsdorf: Dramaturgy

     

    Clay Hilley: Siegfried

    Ya-Chung Huang: Mime

    Iain Paterson: Wotan

    Jordan Shanahan: Alberich

    Tobias Kehrer: Fafner

    Lindsay Ammann: Erda

    Elisabeth Teige: Brünnhilde

    Soloists of the Boys’ Choir of the Chorakademie

    Dortmund: The Bird of the Woods

     

    Siegfried’s genesis was extremely complex. The composition began in 1856, but following difficulties in his personal life (in the meantime he had written Tristan und Isolde), Wagner allowed seven years to pass to complete the opera. The evolution of the musical language is considerable: the libretto multiplies intimate scenes with two characters, carried by the flow of an orchestra of cosmic dimensions.

     

    Siegfried premiered on 16 August 1876, during the very first Bayreuth Festival. Among the main roles, we find of course Clay Hilley‘s Siegfried and Elisabeth Teige‘s Brünnhilde.

     

    SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2024 - BERLIN

    At 4:00 p.m., at the Deutsche Oper Berlin:

     

    TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, by R. Wagner

     

    Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

    Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

    Sir Donald Runnicles: Conductor

    Stefan Herheim: Director

    Silke Bauer: Set Designer

    Uta Heiseke: Costumes

    Torge Møller: Video

    Ulrich Niepel: Lighting

    Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach & Jörg Königsdor: Dramaturgy

    Jereùy Bines: Conductor

     

    Clay Hilley: Siegfried

    Thomas Lehman: Gunther

    Jordan Shanahan: Alberich

    Albert Pesendorfer: Hagen

    Ricarda Merbeth: Brünnhilde

    Felicia Moore: Gutrune

    Annika Schlicht: Waltraute

    Lindsay Ammann: 1st Norn

    Karis Tucker: 2nd Norn

    Felicia Moore: 3rd Norn

    Sua Jo: Woglinde

    Karis Tucker: Wellgunde

    Lindsay Ammann: Floßhilde

     

     

    The culmination of The Ring Twilight, Twilight of the Gods had at least three different endings. Wagner seems to have hesitated as to the philosophical meaning to be given to the conclusion of his Ring, depending on whether it was an extension of a Buddhist or Schöpenhauerian philosophy. Premiered on August 17, 1876, Twilight of the Gods shows all the means seen and heard in the three previous installments at their peaks. There is no doubt that the team formed by conductor Donald Runnicles and director Stefan Herheim deploys a form of dramatic and musical accomplishment in this latest opus. Among the singers of this final day, we find Clay Hilley (Siegfried), Ricarda Merbeth (Brünnhilde), Annika Schlicht (Waltraute), Jordan Shanahan (Alberich)…

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Your accomodation
    REGENT BERLIN *****

    Just a short walk from the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and the beautiful Gendarmenmarkt, the Regent Berlin is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful hotels in the city. Antiques, objets d’art, sumptuous furniture give it a classic elegance.

    Price per person
    Package with the Hotel Regent Berlin *****

    Classic double room package: €3,250

    Classic double room package for single use: €4,520

     

    Premium Double Room Package: €3,370

    Premium double room package for single use: €4,850

     

    The price of this trip includes: accommodation in a double room with breakfast for 6 nights • tourist tax • 4 tickets for the show in the first category • repatriation assistance.

     

    The price of this trip does not include: extras • transportation • airport transfers.

     

    Individual stay.

     

    Transport and airport transfers on request.

     

    Program and prices are subject to change by the Deutsche Oper Berlin, or by government decision, due to possible health constraints.

     

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    Pauline Heckly
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