Conducting The Ring Cycle: A Marathon of Music

Experience the Ring Cycle from a brand new, intimate perspective! Watch a portrait of a true artist at work, as Richard Farnes (Music Director, Opera North 2004-2016) conducts the entirety of Wagner's epic 15 hour music drama, Der Ring des Nibelungen, recorded during live performances in Leeds (2016).

Stream the Ring in full in our acclaimed concert staging on our website or on YouTube » https://www.operanorth.co.uk/the-ring...

Das Rheingold:    • Das Rheingold | The Ring Cycle  
Die Walküre Act I:    • Act I: Die Walküre | The Ring Cycle  
Die Walküre Act II:    • Act II: Die Walküre | The Ring Cycle  
Die Walküre Act III:    • Act III: Die Walküre | The Ring Cycle  
Siegfried Act I:    • Act I: Siegfried | The Ring Cycle  
Siegfried Act II:    • Act II: Siegfried | The Ring Cycle  
Siegfried Act III:    • Act III: Siegfried | The Ring Cycle  
Götterdämmerung Act I:    • Prologue & Act I: Götterdämmerung | The Ri...  
Götterdämmerung Act II:    • Act II: Götterdämmerung | The Ring Cycle  
Götterdämmerung Act III:    • Act III: Götterdämmerung | The Ring Cycle  

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Opera North: The Ring Cycle
Recorded live at Leeds Town Hall, May 2016. All rights reserved.

Music and libretto: Richard Wagner (1876)

Conductor: Richard Farnes
Director: Peter Mumford

Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North

DAS RHEINGOLD

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

Nibelung scream recorded by the Opera North Children's Chorus

DIE WALKÜRE:

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

SIEGFRIED

Siegfried - Lars Cleveman
Brünnhilde - Katherine Broderick
Mime - Richard Roberts
Wanderer - Béla Perencz
Alberich - Jo Pohlheim
Fafner - Mats Almgren
Woodbird - Jeni Bern
Erda - Claudia Huckle

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG

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