I've thought this through very carefully I think; and I'm pretty sure about the circumstances involved regarding the scenario of the Ring; but will admit I could be wrong - so please feel free to correct me, if this proves to be the case.
QUESTION: what one and only one character, is on stage with all of the principals of the Ring at one time or other, with only one exception. Mind you, I don't mean 'interact' necessarily, but just present on stage with them.
The list of principals, in order of appearance [and here too, I'm not absolutely certain relating to the order of their appearance]:
The Three Rhine-maidens
Alberich
Fricka
Wotan
Freia
Donner
Froh
Fafner
Fasolt
Loge
Mime
Erda
Siegmund
Sieglinde
Hunding
Brunnhilde
Brunnhilde's 8 Valkyrie sisters:
(want name them all, except Waltraute which appears both in "Die Walkure", and later in "Die Gotterdammerung")
Siegfried
The Wanderer (Wotan in disguise)
The Dragon (Fafner)
Forest Bird
Gunther
Hagen
Gutrene
So, who is this character?
Alberich
QUESTION: what one and only one character, is on stage with all of the principals of the Ring at one time or other, with only one exception. Mind you, I don't mean 'interact' necessarily, but just present on stage with them.
The list of principals, in order of appearance [and here too, I'm not absolutely certain relating to the order of their appearance]:
The Three Rhine-maidens
Alberich
Fricka
Wotan
Freia
Donner
Froh
Fafner
Fasolt
Loge
Mime
Erda
Siegmund
Sieglinde
Hunding
Brunnhilde
Brunnhilde's 8 Valkyrie sisters:
(want name them all, except Waltraute which appears both in "Die Walkure", and later in "Die Gotterdammerung")
Siegfried
The Wanderer (Wotan in disguise)
The Dragon (Fafner)
Forest Bird
Gunther
Hagen
Gutrene
So, who is this character?
Alberich