Erik Nielsen takes over Das Rheingold at the Munich Opera Festival
29.06.21Erik Nielsen is stepping in for Valery Gergiev to conduct Das Rheingold on June 30 for the Bayerische Staatsoper on the second night of the 2021 Munich Opera Festival.
He is already in rehearsal for the same opera for the Tiroler Festspiele, directed by Brigitte Fassbaender, which will open in Erl on July 10.
This is the start of a full Ring Cycle in Erl, with Die Walküre in 2022 followed by Siegfried and Götterdämmerung in 2023.