Das Rheingold Explained in 4 Minutes

Loge, the mischievous demigod of fire, takes us on a journey into the heart of Richard Wagner's monumental opera "Das Rheingold", which ignites the unfolding events of his epic four-part Ring Cycle. Discover how Wagner uses leitmotifs to tell the epic tale of Norse gods, giants, dwarves, river maidens, and the coveted all-powerful ring.
Catch the Singapore premiere of Das Rheingold on 8 July 2023, 7.30pm at the Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets here: www.sistic.com...
Producer: Chan Chen
Script: Isaac Tah
Art + Animation: Yanhan Hoo, Jolene Tan
Narrator: Gerald Wong
Sound Design: Chris Tan
Sound Editor and Mixing: Michael Huang
Production Assistants: Elizabeth Ip, Kenny Ooi, Chua Jay Roon
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[@Geoffrey6_]

More of this! Please!

[@danpendley1]

What a beautifully made video! I would love to see it for all four operas!

[@craigbrush5784]

Absolutely brilliant! You are so good I'm going to the Ring Cycle in Brisbane Australia in December very excited

[@toledogold]

Me too !

[@simonf8902]

Danke.

[@kingcrimson4554]

beatufil!!!!!

[@LostHatProductions]

An introduction to Das Rheingold which uses loge’s theme from Walkure. Makes sense…

[@OrchestraMusicMakers]

Thanks for your comment! We'd have loved to use an excerpt of Loge's leitmotif from Das Rheingold! Unfortunately, most instances of Loge's leitmotif in this opera coincide with some singing. We hence used Loge's leitmotif from Die Walküre as it was the most appropriate instance of his leitmotif to be used as background music. We hope you enjoy the video nonetheless!

[@jrsmeels]

An acute observation! However, did you notice that Loge's Walküre motif appears to have been manipulated to go in a nice chromatic ascending order? It also seems that a handful of the other leitmotifs they used have been altered from the original keys they appear in. Perhaps some self-education is in order, for your proceeding commenting endeavours! I, for one, think this was a wonderful job! ☺️☺️☺️

[@ClassicalPower]

It's useless to be so strict in these kind of creations, btw if you are so expert and know the opera this video is not really for you

[@FBurck]

What about Gollum?