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Wagner's Ring Cycle

Episode 1: Part 1 - Das Rheingold

BBC Four

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 12^th Feb 2017, 19:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 12^th Feb 2017, 19:00 on BBC Four HD

Das Rheingold establishes Wagner's cycle, beginning with music that evokes the very dawn of time. The dwarf Alberich steals a priceless treasure and uses it to forge a magic ring. Show more

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Production Company:: Opera North
Production Company:: The Space
Conductor:: Richard Farnes
Lighting Director:: Peter Mumford
Stage Designer:: Peter Mumford
Director:: Peter Mumford
Producer:: Peter Mumford
Producer:: Nikki Weston
Orchestra:: Opera North
Wotan:: Michael Druiett
Loge:: Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Alberich:: Jo Pohlheim
Fricka:: Yvonne Howard
Mime:: Richard Roberts
Freia:: Giselle Allen
Donner:: Andrew Foster-Williams
Froh:: Mark Le Brocq
Fasolt:: James Creswell
Fafner:: Mats Almgren
Erda:: Claudia Huckle
Woglinde:: Jeni Bern
Wellgunde:: Madeleine Shaw
Flosshilde:: Sarah Castle

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Wagner's Ring Cycle

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Wagner's Ring Cycle

Part 2 - Die Walküre

BBC Four

Duration: 3 hours, 45 minutes

Wotan, king of the gods, strives to undo the curse placed on the ring by the dwarf Alberich, by fathering a mortal hero to reclaim it. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:: Opera North
Production Company:: The Space
Conductor:: Richard Farnes
Lighting Director:: Peter Mumford
Stage Designer:: Peter Mumford
Director:: Peter Mumford
Producer:: Peter Mumford
Producer:: Nikki Weston
Orchestra:: Opera North
Brünnhilde:: Kelly Cae Hogan
Sieglinde:: Lee Bisset
Siegmund:: Michael Weinius
Wotan:: Robert Hayward
Fricka:: Susan Bickley
Hunding:: James Creswell
Helmwige:: Katherine Broderick
Ortlinde:: Kate Valentine
Gerhilde:: Giselle Allen
Siegrune:: Sarah Castle
Rossweisse:: Madeleine Shaw
Waltraute:: Heather Shipp
Grimgerde:: Fiona Kimm
Schwertleite:: Claudia Huckle

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Wagner's Ring Cycle

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BBC Proms

2017

Beethoven's Fidelio

BBC Four

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: Sun 30^th Jul 2017, 21:30 on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: Sun 30^th Jul 2017, 21:30 on BBC Four

A stirring story of justice and liberty, Beethoven's only opera Fidelio is performed by a stellar cast. The BBC Philharmonic is joined by Spanish choir Orfeon Donostiarra. Show more

BBC Proms

2016

A Child of Our Time

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 24^th Jul 2016, 19:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 24^th Jul 2016, 19:00 on BBC Four HD

A performance of Michael Tippett's secular oratorio A Child of Our Time, a protest against persecution and tyranny with an overriding message of peace. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Roderick Williams
Director:: Kerry Clark
Producer:: Martyn Stevens
Conductor:: Mark Wigglesworth
Orchestra:: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Choir:: BBC National Chorus of Wales
Performer:: Tamara Wilson
Performer:: Susan Bickley
Performer:: Peter Hoare
Performer:: James Creswell
Musician:: Lesley Hatfield
Conductor:: James Henshaw

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Wagner's Ring Cycle

Episode 1: Part 1 - Das Rheingold

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Wagner's Ring Cycle

Part 2 - Die Walküre

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Beethoven's Fidelio

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A Child of Our Time

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