The first part of Wagner's tetralogy is a prologue depicting the 'original sin' committed when the dwarf Alberich renounces love to be able to forge from the stolen Rhine gold a ring that gives him infinite power. Wotan, king of the gods, resolves to take it from him. But what will come of this disruption of the natural order that violates every written and unwritten law?
The Hungarian State Opera has enlisted Béla Balázs Prize-winning animated film director Géza M. Tóth for the mammoth artistic undertaking that commences in the spring of 2015: the re-conceptualisation of the entire Ring Cycle.
AUTHORS
Librettist: Richard Wagner
Director, visual concept: Géza M. Tóth
Costume designer: Ibolya Bárdosi
Set designer: Ildi Tihanyi
Projected scenery: KEDD Animation Studio
Dramaturg, Hungarian subtitles: Eszter Orbán
English subtitles: Arthur Roger Crane
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