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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

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
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

Part 4 - Götterdämmerung

Duration: 4 hours, 29 minutes

The epic cycle concludes with the end of the old world of the gods, and the dawn of a new era. Siegfried leaves Brünnhilde to journey down the Rhine, seeking new adventures. 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
Siegfried:: Mati Turi
Hagen:: Mats Almgren
Gutrune:: Giselle Allen
Gunther:: Andrew Foster-Williams
Waltraute:: Susan Bickley
Alberich:: Jo Pohlheim
First Norn:: Fiona Kimm
Second Norn:: Heather Shipp
Third Norn:: Lee Bisset
Woglinde:: Jeni Bern
Wellgunde:: Madeleine Shaw
Flosshilde:: Sarah Castle

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Wagner's Ring Cycle

Part 2 - Die Walküre

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

Part 3 - Siegfried

Duration: 3 hours, 56 minutes

The daring hero Siegfried, the grandson of Wotan, forges a sword from the shards of the weapon that belonged to his father, kills the dragon, Fafner, and claims the magic ring. 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
Siegfried:: Lars Cleveman
Brünnhilde:: Katherine Broderick
Mime:: Richard Roberts
Wanderer:: Béla Perencz
Alberich:: Jo Pohlheim
Fafner:: Mats Almgren
Woodbird:: Jeni Bern
Erda:: Claudia Huckle

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