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Alberich

American  
[ahl-buhr-ikh] / ˈɑl bər ɪx /

noun

Teutonic Legend.
  1. a king of the dwarfs, the possessor of the tarnkappe and of the treasure of the Nibelungs.


Alberich British  
/ ˈalbərɪç /

noun

  1. (in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs

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Soprano Daniela Köhler was a vocally gripping Sieglinde and bass-baritone Christopher Purves a menacing Alberich, their acting and singing riveting in the compact space.

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"This is just the beginning," said Albert Alberich, director of Moda Re, which is a part of Spanish charity Caritas and runs Spain's biggest second-hand clothing chain.

From Reuters

As such, it invites a closer focus on the motivations and predicaments that set the rest of the “Ring” in motion — above all, on the fundamental grab for power that establishes the gold-stealing, ring-forging Alberich as the arch-nemesis of Wotan, king of the gods.

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Later, it did duty as a lower level of Nibelheim, where Alberich enslaves his fellow Nibelungs as the first step in his quest for world domination.

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This design scheme allowed us to be unusually close-up witnesses to Alberich’s transformation from a merely unpleasant creature into a terrifyingly focused force of malevolent energy.

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