Experience a spectacular journey into the world of myth, dream and memory, with the figure of Erda – Mother Earth herself – at its centre.

Das Rheingold, sung in German with English subtitles sees a precious hoard of gold being stolen from the river Rhine. It unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for generations.

Wagner’s Ring cycle boasts some of the greatest music ever written for the opera stage.

Antonio Pappano conducts Barrie Kosky’s bold new imagining of Wagner’s Das Rheingold – which marks the start of a new Ring cycle for The Royal Opera – with an outstanding cast including Christopher Maltman (Wotan) and Christopher Purves (Alberich).

Are you a Royal Opera fan? Do you enjoy the works of Wagner? Then Das Rheingold, screened at the Torch Theatre this September ticks all your musical boxes. With the Torch Theatre’s special offer of purchasing any five titles of The Royal Opera House or MET Operas 23/24 season and getting the fifth title half price – what’s not to like?

The Royal Opera’s Das Rheingold will be screened at the Torch Theatre on Sunday, September 24 at 2pm. Tickets can be purchased from the Box Office at the Torch Theatre on 01646 695267 or torchtheatre.co.uk.