“Das Rheingold”

by Richard Wagner libretto (English)

Contents: Characters; Prelude And Scene One; Scene Two; Scene Three; Scene Four; Glossary

Characters

Woglinde (a Rhine daughter) - soprano
Wellgunde (a Rhine daughter) - soprano
Flosshilde (a Rhine daughter) - mezzo-soprano
Alberich (king of the Nibelungs) - bass-baritone
Fricka (goddess of marriage) - mezzo-soprano
Wotan (ruler of the gods) - bass-baritone
Freia (goddess of youth and beauty) - soprano
Fasolt (a giant) - baritone
Fafner (a giant, brother of Fasolt) - bass
Froh (the fair god) - tenor
Donner (god of thunder) - baritone
Loge (half-god of fire) - tenor
Mime (brother of Alberich) - tenor
Erda (earth mother, goddess of wisdom) - contralto

libretto by Frederick Jameson

Contents: Characters; Prelude And Scene One; Scene Two; Scene Three; Scene Four; Glossary