Opera North - Der Ring des Nibelungen Reviews | 28 March 2024 |
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Der Ring des NibelungenOpera NorthNo. of reviews: 49 |
Götterdämmerung: Just like Germans |
12 Jul 16 / The Critics' Circle |
Full cycle: Opera North's version of Wagner's The Ring is a triumph |
10 Jul 16 / Daily Mail |
Götterdämmerung: The two real heroes of the week were conductor Richard Farnes and Kelly Cae Hogan who sang Brünnhilde |
8 Jul 16 / Music OMH |
Das Rheingold: Wagner's epic Ring Cycle thrills the first-night audience at Sage Gateshead |
7 Jul 16 / Chronicle Live |
Götterdämmerung: Peter Mumford, who tackles staging, design, concept, lighting and production, emerges triumphant |
6 Jul 16 / Opera Today |
Siegfried/ Götterdämmerung: Not just praiseworthy but wonderful |
5 Jul 16 / The Guardian |
Siegfried: A touch of briskness is more than welcome |
5 Jul 16 / Opera Britannia |
Götterdämmerung: There was a standing ovation for Opera North’s achievement |
5 Jul 16 / Classical Source |
Götterdämmerung brings Opera North’s Ring to a triumphant conclusion |
5 Jul 16 / Seen and Heard |
Siegfried: An achievement that put a good number of larger companies to shame |
5 Jul 16 / Opera Today |
Siegfried: Horsing around |
5 Jul 16 / The Critics' Circle |
Götterdämmerung: There was a vocal triumph to be witnessed in the shape of Kelly Cae Hogan’s Brünnhilde |
5 Jul 16 / Opera Britannia |
Siegfried: A few too many elements undermined the overall impression of the performance |
4 Jul 16 / Music OMH |
Siegfried: Opera North’s Siegfried disappoints |
4 Jul 16 / Seen and Heard |
Götterdämmerung: Full immersion, total immolation: Götterdämmerung crowns Opera North's magnificent Ring |
4 Jul 16 / Bachtrack |
Götterdämmerung: An outstanding Ring goes out in a blaze of glory |
4 Jul 16 / The Arts Desk |
Das Rhengold/Die Walküre: Splendid stuff |
3 Jul 16 / Express |
Siegfried: Opera North’s ‘Ring’ cycle is compelling listening |
3 Jul 16 / Classical Source |
Die Walküre: Kelly Cae Hogan and Robert Hayward were superb as Brünnhilde and Wotan |
2 Jul 16 / Music OMH |
Das Rheingold: The performance needed more dramatic “zing” in the unfolding |
2 Jul 16 / Opera Britannia |
Die Walküre: Richard Farnes and his orchestra engaged with this score far more purposefully and positively than they did with the opener |
2 Jul 16 / Opera Britannia |
Die Walküre: Opera North continues to put many starrier, yet in no sense superior, companies to shame |
2 Jul 16 / Opera Today |
Das Rheingold/Die Walküre: Circles of the mind |
2 Jul 16 / The Critics' Circle |
Die Walküre: Opera North's orchestra are the true heroes |
1 Jul 16 / The Guardian |
Die Walküre: An unforgettable evening |
1 Jul 16 / Classical Source |
Das Rheingold: Opera North’s magnificent Das Rheingold comes to London |
1 Jul 16 / Seen and Heard |
Die Walküre: Superb playing and singing from Opera North in Die Walküre |
1 Jul 16 / Seen and Heard |
Das Rheingold: Opera North's back-to-basics Wagner feels like a liberation |
30 Jun 16 / The Guardian |
Das Rheingold: Richard Farnes conducted extremely well |
30 Jun 16 / Music OMH |
Das Rheingold: Richard Farnes’s conducting grabbed from the very start |
30 Jun 16 / Classical Source |
Das Rheingold: The reddest in tooth and claw of all Wagner’s dramas - which is saying something |
30 Jun 16 / Opera Today |
Die Walküre: Disobedient daughter, outraged wife: Wotan's woes mount in Opera North's Die Walküre |
30 Jun 16 / Bachtrack |
Das Rheingold: Dipping a toe into the Rhine: Wagner therapy from Opera North |
29 Jun 16 / Bachtrack |
Das Rheingold: The long-awaited Ring is ready to ignite |
29 Jun 16 / Evening Standard |
Götterdämmerung: Kelly Cae Hogan has been truly exceptional as Brünnhilde |
21 Jun 16 / The Reviews Hub |
Die Walküre: A show that leaves you eager for the next bite |
16 Jun 16 / The Reviews Hub |
Das Rheingold: One or two words which sum up the production: Fantastic fantasy |
15 Jun 16 / The Reviews Hub |
Die Walküre: The principal singers gave their all |
9 Jun 16 / Nottingham Post |
Das Rheingold: The orchestra is in many ways the Ring's most important 'character' |
9 Jun 16 / Nottingham Post |
Full cycle: An unqualified triumph for the departing Music Directior, Richard Farnes |
2 Jun 16 / Independent |
Full cycle: Opera North's ambitious project to tour a complete Ring cycle is triumphantly fulfilled |
1 Jun 16 / What's on Stage |
Full cycle: Opera North’s Ring launched as full cycle to glorious effect |
26 May 16 / Seen and Heard |
Siegfried: Siegfried by Opera North shows its humorous side |
17 May 16 / The Huddersfield Daily Examiner |
Die Walküre: Sublime Wagner aches with regret |
10 May 16 / Ilkley Gazette |
Die Walküre: Vivid and thrilling |
2 May 16 / Telegraph |
Das Rheingold: The emotional impact of this Leeds Ring Cycle will be talked about for decades |
30 Apr 16 / Ilkley Gazette |
Das Rheingold: Four-star performance by Opera North |
26 Apr 16 / The Huddersfield Daily Examiner |
Das Rheingold: A mouth-watering start |
26 Apr 16 / The York Press |
Das Rheingold: Opera North's Das Rheingold is uncomfortably authentic Wagner |
25 Apr 16 / Telegraph |
associated articles [+]
Ring the changes: my austerity Wagner with Opera North
The Ring cycle may be the pinnacle of operatic ambition, but, as Opera North’s critically acclaimed production shows, it needn’t cost the earth to perform or watch. Conductor Richard Farnes reflects on an affor
The Ring cycle may be the pinnacle of operatic ambition, but, as Opera North’s critically acclaimed production shows, it needn’t cost the earth to perform or watch. Conductor Richard Farnes reflects on an affor
Opera North's Richard Farnes departs with The Ring
There can be few more challenging tasks as a conductor than taking on the whole of Wagner's The Ring Cycle - but that is the one that has been handed to Richard Farnes for his final assignment at Opera North.
There can be few more challenging tasks as a conductor than taking on the whole of Wagner's The Ring Cycle - but that is the one that has been handed to Richard Farnes for his final assignment at Opera North.
Why Opera North decided to stage an opera which lasts 16 hours
After seven years in the planning stage, Opera North next week embark on the ambitious project of six complete cycles of Richard Wagner’s epic drama, Der Ring des Nibelungen.
After seven years in the planning stage, Opera North next week embark on the ambitious project of six complete cycles of Richard Wagner’s epic drama, Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Production details
Cast
Druiett/Hayward/Perencz, Hogan/Broderick, Cleveman/Turi, Weinius/Le Brocq, Bisset, Pohlheim, Roberts, Williams/Huckle, Howard/Bickley, Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Almgren, Foster-Williams, Allen, Almgren, Creswell, Creswell, Allen
(c) Farnes (d) Mumford
Performance dates
23, 30 April, 14, 21(m), 24, 25, 27, 29(m) May, 6, 7, 9, 11(m), 13, 14, 16, 18(m), 28, 29 June, 1, 3(m), 5, 6, 8, 10(m) July 2016 (6 cycles in Leeds, Nottingham, Salford, London & Gateshead)
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