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OF GODS AND GOLD THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC and music & artistic director Gustavo Dudamel present a fully staged production of Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Wagner’s tale of gods and gold unfolds Jan. 18-21 with the help of Alberto Arvelo, who directs; costumes by Cindy Figueroa; and scenic design by Frank Gehry, the legendary architect behind Disney Hall. Says Dudamel, “Music after Wagner was never the same. Wagner’s operas pushed music to its physical and emotional limits … paving the way not just for composers like Mahler and Richard Strauss, but for everything from Star Wars to Metallica.” The cast features Ryan Speedo Green as Wotan and Raehann Bryce-Davis as Fricka. Dudamel recently stepped down as music director of the Paris Opera and assumes that post at the New York Philharmonic in 2026. 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown, 323.850.2000, laphil.com
(Clockwise from right) LA Phil music director Gustavo Dudamel leads Ryan Speedo Green and Raehann BryceDavis in Wagner’s Das Rheingold
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