DAS RHEINGOLD

Prologue to "Der Ring des Nibelungen."

First performed at the Royal Court Theatre, Munich, September 22, 1869.

Original Cast.

Wotan	Kindermann.
Donner	Heinrich.
Froh	Nachbaur.
Loge	Vogl.
Alberich	Fischer.
Mime	Schlosser.
Fasolt	Polzer.
Fafner	Bausewein.
Fricka	Fräulein Stehle.
Freia	Fräulein Müller.
Erda	Fräulein Seehofer.
Woglinde
Wellgunde	Frau Vogel.
Flosshilde	Fräulein Ritter.

This performance was against the wish of Wagner. The first authorised performance was that at the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, August 13, 1876, when the cast was as follows:

Wotan	Franz Betz.
Donner	Eugen Gura.
Froh	Georg Unger.
Loge	Heinrich Vogel.
Alberich	Carl Hill.
Mime	Carl Schlosser.
Fasolt	Albert Eilers.
Fafner	Franz von Reichenberg.
Fricka	Friedericke Grün.
Freia	Marie Haupt.
Erda	Luise Jäide.
Woglinde	Lilli Lehmann.
Wellgunde	Marie Lehmann.
Flosshilde	Marie Lammert.

Weimar, Vienna, Leipsic, Hamburg, Brunswick, 1878; Mannheim, Cologne, 1879; Frankfort, London, 1882.

First performed in America at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Jan. 4, 1889.

Cast.

Wotan	Emil Fischer.
Donner	Alois Grienauer.
Froh	Albert Mittelhauser.
Loge	Max Alvary.
Alberich	Joseph Beck.
Mime	Wilhelm Sedlmayer.
Fasolt	Ludwig Mödlinger.
Fafner	Eugen Weiss.
Fricka	Fanny Moran-Olden.
Freia	Katti Bettaque.
Erda	Hedwig Reil.
Woglinde	Sophie Traubmann.
Wellgunde	Felice Koschoska.
Flosshilde	Hedwig Reil.

Conductor, Anton Seidl.