"Here exists a task, which offers the designer an exhaustive field of possibilities. As I look back at myself I see this very clearly: how often I have taken a fresh look at the drama and again and again sought all scenic possibilities!
My first ring on the stage was in Bremen, with intendant Lippert as director and Heinz Wallberg as conductor. I proposed a moving disc-shaped platform, on which all four works could be presented and could to some extent encompass all of the dramatic action; this ring-construction was adjustable in height, which offered countless possibilities for the performance.
The moving disc platform...
In the understage of Covent Garden, tons of old iron had been stored... and it was not so easy to clear it out. But as it happened, I now had everything, to freely set up something completely new. I constructed four spindles with a support frame for everything. With this structure the set could be moved in all positions, it could be put in front or behind, also diagonally, I could erect the great hall on it, which could be collapsed, one could simply do everything with it." (see photos)
...becomes Brünnhilde's rock
