The Royal Opera - Der Ring des Nibelungen Reviews
29 March 2024
Das Rheingold: Bryn Terfel (Wotan)
Die Walküre: Susan Bullock (Brünnhilde), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde)
Siefgried: Stefan Vinke (Siegfried), Gerhard Siegel (Mime)
Götterdämmerung: Susan Bullock (Brünnhilde)

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

The Royal Opera


No. of reviews: 13

Das Rheingold: There are defiantly some strong points in this particular production
18 Oct 12 / The Upcoming
Götterdämmerung: those who embrace the experience are unlikely to forget it
13 Oct 12 / Londonist
Siegfried: Keith Warner’s staging continues to deliver a mixed bag of insight and head-scratching
10 Oct 12 / Londonist
Die Walküre/Götterdämmerung: Just leave the Ring to sparkle
9 Oct 12 / Daily Mail
Siegfried/Götterdämmerung: Antonio Pappano digs deeper and harder into Wagner's spiralling chromatic opiates
7 Oct 12 / Independent on Sunday
Siegfried: Antonio Pappano and the ROH orchestra were on mighty, blazing form
7 Oct 12 / The Observer
Siegfried/Götterdämmerung: Warner’s direction is very hit-and-miss
3 Oct 12 / Independent
Götterdämmerung: Pappano's Wagner has grown in stature
3 Oct 12 / The Guardian
Das Rheingold: The Ring – with a touch of B&Q
2 Oct 12 / Daily Mail
Siegfried: The course of Wagner's Ring never did run smooth
1 Oct 12 / The Guardian
Das Rheingold/Die Walküre: Both had incandescent moments but still felt provisional
30 Sep 12 / The Observer
Das Rheingold/Die Walküre: Bryn Terel's Wotan seems to command not just the stage, but the world
28 Sep 12 / Independent
Das Rheingold: Bryn Tergel's Rheingold Wotan is, quite rightly, a timebomb set to explode in Die Walküre
26 Sep 12 / The Guardian
Keith Warner on his Royal Opera House Ring Cycle
As the director revives his big, bold production of Wagner's epic cycle, he explains why these 16 hours of music will change his audiences' lives.
Wagner's The Ring - the opera novice
Sameer Rahim holds his breath - and blows a month's rent - for his first live experience of Wagner's 15-hour masterpiece, The Ring, at the Royal Opera House.
Production details
Cast
Terfel, Terfel, Bullock, Vinke, O'Neill, Westbroek, Koch, Siegel, Radner, Connolly, Andersen, Halfvarson, Coleman-Wright, Willis-Sorensen, Tomlinson, Tomlinson, Paterson, Fujimura, Petersen, Coleman-Wright, Rees
(c) Pappano (d) Warner
Performance dates
24, 26, 29 September, 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31 October, 2 November 2012 (Four cycles)
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