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Cast
Gods, Goddesses
- Wotan (bass-baritone)
Loge (tenor) Fricka (mezzo-soprano) Freia (soprano) Donner (baritone) Froh (tenor) Erda (contralto)
Nibelungs
- Alberich (baritone)
Mime (tenor)
Giants
- Fasolt (bass-baritone)
Fafner (bass)
Rhinemaidens
- Woglinde (soprano)
Wellgunde (soprano or mezzo-soprano) Flosshilde (mezzo-soprano)
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
- Nibelungs
Onstage Instruments
- piccolo, 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 3 oboes, English horn (also oboe)
- 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons*
- 8 horns (2 also Wagner Tubas in B♭, 2 in F), 3 trumpets, bass trumpet
- 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, contrabass trombone (also bass trombone), contrabass tuba
- timpani, bass drum, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, 18 anvils
- 6 harps, strings (16, 16, 12, 12, 8 players)
Off-stage Instruments
- 3 anvils, harp
*3rd bassoon can alternate on contrabassoon if needed for required low A passages found in regular 3rd bassoon part
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