Due to the ongoing restrictions in place to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming season of the Ring Cycle will not go ahead from 10 November to 5 December 2020 and has been postponed until 29 October to 20 November 2021.



Ticket holders and subscribers have been contacted directly and offered a transfer into the new performance dates in 2021. If you are unable to attend your new performance date, please contact QTIX at refunds@qtix.com.au and include your name and booking reference number within four weeks (10 September 2020) to request a full refund. Please do not include credit card details.

We’re bringing a new production of the Ring Cycle to Brisbane in October 2021, exclusive to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

Come on an exhilarating adventure with men and maidens, gods and giants, dragons and dwarves. As greed and violence threaten to destroy the heavens and earth, a glimmer of hope rises from an unexpected source.

This is Wagner’s Ring Cycle – the pinnacle of opera – a 15-hour epic, performed over four nights.

Enjoy a week in sunny Queensland and see a spectacular new production by visionary Chinese director, Shi-Zheng Chen.

The Operas

Das Rheingold

The Ring Cycle opens with this magnificent prelude. The struggle for power and wealth in Das Rheingold irrevocably alters the order of the universe and determines the course of the entire saga.

Running time: approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, with no interval.

Die Walküre

The second opera in the Ring Cycle holds special appeal for audiences with its dramatic power and remarkable music, including the famous ‘Ride of the Valkyries’. In Die Walküre Wagner plunges headlong into the highly emotional world of humanity.

Running time: approximately 5 hours and 45 minutes, including two intervals of 75 and 40 minutes.

Siegfried

The Ring Cycle’s third part is intensely focused on the fortunes of a single figure. Siegfried charts the rise of the son of Siegmund and Sieglinde into the greatest hero of the age.

Running time: approximately 6 hours, including two intervals of 75 and 30 minutes.

Götterdämmerung

The Ring Cycle reaches its devastating finale in Götterdämmerung’s tale of treachery and destruction. All seems lost after naked ambition betrays love, and villains outsmart heroes.

Running time: approximately 6 hours and 40 minutes, including two intervals of 90 and 35 minutes.

Cast Conductor Philippe Auguin

Director & Production Designer Shi-Zheng Chen

Assistant Production Designer Fufan Zhang

Digital Content Designer Leigh Sachwitz

Costume Designer Anita Yavich

Lighting Designer John Rayment

Assistant Directors Constantine Costi & Tama Matheson



Wotan / Wanderer Vitalij Kowaljow

Brünnhilde Allison Oakes

Siegried Stefan Vinke

Alberich Warwick Fyfe

Mime Andreas Conrad

Siegmund Rosario La Spina

Sieglinde Anna-Louise Cole

Fasolt / Hagen Daniel Sumegi

Gunther Luke Gabbedy

Gutrune Maija Kovalevska

Loge Hubert Francis

Fricka Jacqueline Dark

Fafner / Hunding Donald Thomson

Donner Andrew Moran

Froh Dean Bassett

Freia / Helmwige Mariana Hong

Erda Liane Keegan

Woglinde Eva Kong

Wellgunde / Gerhilde Jane Ede

Flosshilde / Schwertleite Dominica Matthews

Ortlinde / Third Norn Olivia Cranwell

Waltraute Deborah Humble

Rossweise Sian Sharp

Siegrune Agnes Sarkis

Grimgerde / Second Norn Angela Hogan

First Norn Chanyang Choi

Woodbird Stacey Alleaume Opera Australia Chorus & Opera Queensland Chorus Queensland Symphony Ring Cycle Orchestra

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Presentation credits:

The Ring Cycle Brisbane, Queensland is supported by the Queensland Government via Tourism and Events Queensland and Brisbane City Council via Brisbane Marketing.

Opera Australia, in association with Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Opera Queensland and Queensland Symphony Orchestra, presents The Ring Cycle Brisbane, Queensland.