Overview

• The open-air festival runs through July 27 before Worms’ Kaiserdom on a 1,400-seat stage, marking the first full sell-out of all 16 performances in over two decades.
• Schimmelpfennig’s See Aus Asche condenses the entire saga into a three-hour, language-driven drama under Salehpour’s direction and Nico Hofmann’s artistic leadership.
• The production’s stage is layered with roughly 600 tonnes of gravel, creating an unstable surface that reinforces the saga’s themes of betrayal and downfall.
• Jasmin Tabatabai stars as Brunhild and Wolfram Koch portrays Hagen in a cast assembled to navigate the play’s shifting terrain.
• Bundestag President Julia Klöckner and Rhineland-Palatinate Minister-President Alexander Schweitzer attended the premiere, highlighting its political and cultural appeal.