Today, Daniel Barenboim is to take up this legacy and offer the public his interpretation of Wagner. Stéphane Lissner

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2 The Ring in seven days. Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung in succession. Four operas - one Prologue and three days -, four performances, fifteen hours of music in the long but concentrated span of the same week. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. A project in the spirit of Wagner, who fulfilled his dream of an integral performance of his Tetralogy in the new Festspielhaus in Bayreuth between 13 and 17 of August In the year that brings Verdi and Wagner together in the bicentenary of their births (1813), the Teatro alla Scala is to include in its season a double Tetralogy: for all true Wagnerians and opera lovers everywhere, a full immersion into the most visionary journey ever to come out of the musical theatre from Monteverdi to the present. Four different stage settings linked in a single project created by director Guy Cassiers, under the guidance of one of the greatest interpreters of Wagner, Daniel Barenboim, and with four casts of excellent Wagnerians, well-known to opera-goers around the world. The Scala s connection with Wagner has solid roots, stretching back in time. On 26 of December 1898, the thirty-one-year-old Arturo Toscanini made his début in the Theatre with Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. After that and until his move to the United States, each year alongside Aida, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Falstaff, Otello and Un Ballo in Maschera, Toscanini conducted Wagnerian titles in almost perfect proportions: Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde, Siegfried, Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

3 Victor de Sabata from Trieste, the former Habsburg seaport, maintained the Wagnerian tradition until his death in However, according to the annals, Wagner has been conducted at the Scala by a long line of great masters of the Germanic cultural sphere: Siegfried Wagner, Franz von Hösslin, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Clemens Krauss, Herbert von Karajan. During the twentieth century, the Scala has staged integral performances of the Tetralogy eight times in the same season: 1927 and 1928 (conducted by Ettore Panizza, an Argentinian of Italian origin), 1930 (Siegfried Wagner), 1931 (Panizza), 1938 (Clemens Krauss), 1943 (Franz von Hösslin), (Wilhelm Furtwängler), (André Cluytens). The last time the Ring was performed in the same week (six days to be precise) was in 1938, when Clemens Krauss conducted the Munich State Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Today, Daniel Barenboim is to take up this legacy and offer the public his interpretation of Wagner. Stéphane Lissner

4 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Preliminary evening Richard Wagner Das Rheingold 17, 24 June 2013 Conducted by Daniel BARENBOIM Designed and directed by Guy CASSIERS Scenery and lighting by Enrico BAGNOLI Costumes by Tim VAN STEENBERGEN Video by Arjen KLERKX and Kurt D HAESELEER Choreography by Sidi Larbi CHERKAOUI A production of Teatro alla Scala. Coproduced with Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin. In cooperation with Toneelhuis, Antwerp.

5 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Preliminary evening Cast Wotan - Michael VOLLE Donner - Ian BUCHWALD Froh - Marius VLAD Loge - Stephan RÜGAMER Alberich - Johannes Martin KRÄNZLE Mime - Peter BRONDER Fasolt - Iain PATERSON Fafner - Alexander TSYMBALYUK Fricka - Ekaterina GUBANOVA Freia - Anna SAMUIL Erda - Anna LARSSON Woglinde - Aga MIKOLAJ Wellgunde - Maria GORTSEVSKAYA Flosshilde - Anna LAPKOVSKAJA Teatro alla Scala reserves the right to make any changes to the Ring programme, due to technical or artistic reasons or to events beyond its control. Should a performance be cancelled, for any reason, only the value of the cancelled performance will be refunded.

6 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - First day Richard Wagner Die Walküre 18, 25 June 2013 Conducted by Daniel BARENBOIM Designed and directed by Guy CASSIERS Scenery and lighting by Enrico BAGNOLI Costumes by Tim VAN STEENBERGEN Video by Arjen KLERKX and Kurt D HAESELEER Choreography by Csilla LAKATOS A production of Teatro alla Scala. Coproduced with Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin. In cooperation with Toneelhuis, Antwerp.

7 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - First day Cast Siegmund - Simon O NEILL Hunding - Mikhail PETRENKO Wotan - René PAPE Sieglinde - Waltraud MEIER Brünnhilde - Irene THEORIN Fricka - Ekaterina GUBANOVA Gerhilde - Danielle HALBWACHS Ortlinde - Carola HÖHN Waltraute - Ivonne FUCHS Schwertleite - Anaik MOREL Helmwige - Susan FOSTER Siegrune - Lean SANDEL-PANTALEO Grimgerde - Nicole PICCOLOMINI Rossweisse - Simone SCHRÖDER Teatro alla Scala reserves the right to make any changes to the Ring programme, due to technical or artistic reasons or to events beyond its control. Should a performance be cancelled, for any reason, only the value of the cancelled performance will be refunded.

8 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Second day Richard Wagner Siegfried 20, 27 June 2013 Conducted by Daniel BARENBOIM Designed and directed by Guy CASSIERS Scenery and lighting by Enrico BAGNOLI Costumes by Tim VAN STEENBERGEN Video by Arjen KLERKX and Kurt D HAESELEER Choreography by Sidi Larbi CHERKAOUI A production of Teatro alla Scala. Coproduced with Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin. In cooperation with Toneelhuis, Antwerp.

9 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Second day Cast Siegfried - Lance RYAN Mime - Peter BRONDER Der Wanderer - Juha UUSITALO Alberich - Johannes Martin KRÄNZLE Fafner - Alexander TSYMBALYUK Erda - Anna LARSSON Brünnhilde - Irene THEORIN Stimme des Waldvogels - Mari ERIKSMOEN Teatro alla Scala reserves the right to make any changes to the Ring programme, due to technical or artistic reasons or to events beyond its control. Should a performance be cancelled, for any reason, only the value of the cancelled performance will be refunded.

10 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Third day Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung 22, 29 June 2013 Conducted by Daniel BARENBOIM Designed and directed by Guy CASSIERS Scenery and lighting by Enrico BAGNOLI Costumes by Tim VAN STEENBERGEN Video by Arjen KLERKX and Kurt D HAESELEER Choreography by Sidi Larbi CHERKAOUI A production of Teatro alla Scala. Coproduced with Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin. In cooperation with Toneelhuis, Antwerp.

11 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Third day Cast Siegfried - Ian STOREY Gunther - Gerd GROCHOWSKI Alberich - Johannes Martin KRÄNZLE Hagen - Mikhail PETRENKO Brünnhilde - Irene THEORIN Gutrune - Marina POPLAVSKAYA Waltraute - Waltraud MEIER (22 June) Marina PRUDENSKAYA (29 June) Die erste Norn - Margarita NEKRASOVA Die zweite Norn - Waltraud MEIER (22 June) Marina PRUDENSKAYA (29 June) Die dritte Norn - Marina POPLAVSKAYA Woglinde - Aga MIKOLAJ Wellgunde - Maria GORTSEVSKAYA Flosshilde - Anna LAPKOVSKAJA Teatro alla Scala reserves the right to make any changes to the Ring programme, due to technical or artistic reasons or to events beyond its control. Should a performance be cancelled, for any reason, only the value of the cancelled performance will be refunded.

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13 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Subscriptions Subscription Platinum Stalls: rows A-N (centre seats) Boxes: 1 st and 2 nd tiers (nos ) A welcome cocktail in the theatre foyer on the opening night of the Cycle chosen. A pre-paid voucher for a packet lunch during the interval of Die Walküre. Access to the exclusive lounge in the Theatre Museum during all intervals. Guided tours for groups of the backstage, the Museum and the production workshops in the week of the Cycle chosen. Invitations to the cultural events organised by La Scala during the week of the Cycle chosen. Plus some special gifts: A selection of short videos and pictures of Der Ring on a USB flash drive. Further information on Der Ring directly to your address. The reproduction of a letter signed by Richard Wagner. A limited edition playbill of the Cycle. The programme of the Cycle. One special gift per Cycle subscription purchased, regardless of the number of seats. Special gifts can be collected in the theatre during the Cycle week.

14 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Subscriptions Subscription Gold Stalls: rows A-N (side seats) Stalls: rows O-X Boxes: 1 st and 2 nd tiers (nos. 1-12) Boxes: 3 rd tier (nos ) A welcome cocktail in the theatre foyer on the opening night of the Cycle chosen. Guided tours for groups of the monumental part of the Theatre and the Museum in the week of the Cycle chosen. Invitations to the cultural events organised by La Scala during the week of the Cycle chosen. Plus some special gifts: A selection of short videos and pictures of Der Ring on a USB flash drive. Further information on Der Ring directly to your address. A limited edition playbill of the Cycle. One special gift per Cycle subscription purchased, regardless of the number of seats. Special gifts can be collected in the theatre during the Cycle week.

15 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Subscriptions Subscription Silver Boxes: 3 rd tier (nos. 1-12) Boxes: 4 th tier (nos. 1-19) Guided tours for groups of the Theatre Museum in the week of the Cycle chosen. One limited edition playbill per subscription purchased, regardless of the number of seats. The playbill can be collected in the theatre during the Cycle. Further information on Der Ring directly to your address. Invitations to the cultural events organised by La Scala during the week of the Cycle chosen.

16 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Subscriptions Subscription Bronze 1 st Balcony (nos ) 2 nd Balcony (nos ) Invitations to the cultural events organised by La Scala during the week of the Cycle chosen. Further information on Der Ring directly to your address.

17 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Calendar Calendar 1 st week 2 nd week Das Rheingold Die Walküre Siegfried Götterdämmerung Monday 17 June pm Tuesday 18 June pm Thursday 20 June pm Saturday 22 June pm Monday 24 June pm Tuesday 25 June pm Thursday 27 June pm Saturday 29 June pm

18 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Stalls Platinum Gold

19 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Boxes Platinum Gold Silver * Seats in the boxes cannot be sold separately.

20 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Box details Platinum Gold Silver * Seats in the boxes cannot be sold separately.

21 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - Balcony Bronze