Who steals the Rhinegold from the Rhinemaidens?
Alberich
Alberich steals the Rhinegold from the Rhine Maidens, in order to forge himself an all-powerful Ring which will make him master of the world. Wotan tricks Alberich into giving him both the Ring and the Rhinegold, with which he hopes to settle his debts with Fasolt and Fafner who have built Valhalla for the gods.
Who is the Rhine Maidens father?
god Oceanus
Just as in Greek myth the Oceanids are the daughters of the titan sea god Oceanus, in Norse mythology—specifically the Poetic Edda—the jötunn (similar to a giant) sea god Ægir has nine daughters.
Who are the Rhine daughters?
The Rhinemaidens are the three water-nymphs (Rheintöchter or “Rhine daughters”) who appear in Richard Wagner’s opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Their individual names are Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde (Floßhilde), although they are generally treated as a single entity and they act together accordingly.
Who are the three Rhinemaidens in Das Rheingold?
At the bottom of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens, Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Floßhilde, play together. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, appears from a deep chasm and tries to woo them.
Where does Wotan go to get the gold in Das Rheingold?
In order to redeem Freia, Wotan resolves to travel with Loge to Alberich’s subterranean kingdom to obtain the gold. In Nibelheim, Alberich has enslaved the rest of the Nibelung dwarves with the power of the ring. He has forced his brother Mime, a skillful smith, to create a magic helmet, the Tarnhelm.
When was the first performance of Das Rheingold?
Das Rheingold. It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on 22 September 1869, and received its first performance as part of the Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, on 13 August 1876.
Where was the Golden motel in Das Rheingold?
Back, then, to the Golden Motel: the trashy Texan (Route 66) location for the action. On first glance, like much mass culture, it might seem to be all about sex. Like the first scene of Das Rheingold, one might say, for what Wagner called Alberich’s liebesgelüste (‘erotic urge’ he was at that time disdaining traditional capital letters for nouns).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHGmnAQ_6hg