Loge finally appears, and relays the news of Alberich stealing the gold from the Rhine. Wotan attempts to compromise with them on another form of payment, but they warn him not to break their contact. When Fricka and Freia plead with Wotan for Freia’s protection from the giants, he assures them that Loge has a plan to save her. Meanwhile, Fasolt and Fafner have completed the construction of Wotan’s new palace and have been promised Freia as their payment. He forges the Ring of Power and declares himself lord of the Nibelungs. In a fit of rage, Alberich renounces love and steals the gold from the Rhine. Alberich begins lusting after the Rhinemaidens, who in turn mock him for his ugliness. Alberich appears and notices the gold, and Wellgunde explains to him that the gold will bring incredible power to whoever forges it into a ring, but on the condition that he must renounce love completely.
The curtain opens on the Rhinemaidens guarding gold at the bottom of the Rhine River. The Rhinemaidens: Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshilde dwell in the Rhine Riverįasolt and Fafner: Two giants hired by Wotan to build his castle, Valhalla
Wotan: King of the gods and the main protagonist of the cycleįricka: Wotan’s wife and goddess of marriageįreia: Fricka’s sister and goddess of youth and beauty
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