Here are some photos from the dress rehearsal for the Mariinsky's Das Rheingold in Covent Garden:
Vorspiel with mooching Norns (who appear to have knitted the World Thread into wigs):
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Alberich fools around with the Rhinemaidens:
River is made of sheet! And the guy in the middle of it is a lump of Rheingold:
The Rheingolds (in sparkly gold bodysuits) get up and boogie:
Fasolt has a word in Wotan's ear:
Fricka's at it too (she wore a vase-shaped hat in the actual show):
The gods prepare to be crushed by giant pewpies:
Nibelheim. This was visually the best scene of the night:
The Rheingolds are alive! The pewpies are still afloat:
