[DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN]
A Stage Festival Play
for
Three Days and One Preliminary Evening.
First performed in its entirety at Bayreuth, August, 1876; Munich, 1878; Vienna, Leipsic, 1879; Hamburg, 1880; Berlin, 1881; London, Königsberg, Hanover, Danzig, Breslau, Bremen, Barmen, 1882; New York, Metropolitan Opera House, March 4, 5, 8 and 11, 1889.
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. |