On the bed of the Rhine, the Nibelung dwarf Alberich steals the Rhinegold from its guardians, the Rhinemaidens. Alberich then forges the Rhinegold into an all-powerful ring, but he has had to ...

Chief of the Nibelungen race of dwarfs, skilled smiths who live in the subterranean realm of Nibelheim. He gains the power to forge the ring after renouncing love. His brother, the smith Mime ...

This 2014 photo shows Calixto Bieito, whose production of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" is performing at the Paris Opéra through Feb. 19. (Monika Rittershaus via AP) ...