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Is this really the cast for the Melbourne RING ?

May 20, 2012 | Author

 

 

The proposed complete cast for the Opera Australia production of Wagner’s DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN to be stage  in Melbourne later 2013 was recently leaked on ‘The Wagnerian” website.
The supposed cast is listed below, together with the dats of each of the three ‘cycles’.
Das Rheingold
Wotan Juha Uusitalo
Donner Warwick Fyfe
Froh Andrew Brunsdon
Loge Richard Berkeley–Steele
Fricka Jacqueline Dark
Freia Hyeseoung Kwon
Erda Deborah Humble
Woglinde Lorina Gore
Wellgunde Jane Ede
Flosshilde Dominica Matthews
Alberich John Wegner
Mime Graeme Macfarlane
Fasolt Daniel Sumegi
Fafner Shane Lowrencev


Die Walküre
Wotan Juha Uusitalo
Fricka Jacqueline Dark
Siegmund Stuart Skelton
Sieglinde Miriam Gordon-Stewart
Hunding Jud Arthur
Brünnhilde Susan Bullock
Gerhilde Anke Höppner
Ortlinde Meryln Quaife
Waltraute Deborah Humble
Schwertleite Dominica Matthews
Helmwige Hyeseoung Kwon
Siegrune Sian Pendry
Grimgerde Elizabeth Campbell
Rossweisse Roxane Hislop
Siegfried
Siegfried Gary Lehmann
Brünnhilde Susan Bullock
Erda Deborah Humble
Mime Graeme Macfarlane
Der Wanderer Juha Uusitalo
Alberich John Wegner
Fafner Shane Lowrencev
Forest Bird Taryn Fiebig
Götterdämerung
Siegfried Gary Lehmann
Gunther Gunther Barry Ryan
Alberich John Wegner
Hagen Daniel Sumegi
Brünnhilde Susan Bullock
Gutrune Sharon Prero
Waltraute Deborah Humble
Woglinde Lorina Gore
Wellgunde Jane Ede
Flosshilde Dominica Matthews
First Norn Elizabeth Campbell
Second Norn Jacqueline Dark
Third Norn Anke Höppner

 

Dates:

Three Cycles:

CYCLE ONE
DAS RHEINGOLD                 Monday, 18th November 2013
DIE WALKURE                      Wednesday, 20th November 2013
SIEGRIED                               Friday, 22nd November 2013
GOTTERDAMMERUNG      Monday, 25th November 2013
CYCLE TWO
DAS RHEINGOLD                  Wednesday, 27th November 2013
DIE WALKURE                       Friday, 29th November 2013
SIEGRIED                                Monday, 2nd December 2013
GOTTERDAMMERUNG       Wednesday, 4th December 2013
CYCLE THREE
DAS RHEINGOLD                  Friday, 6th December 2013
DIE WALKURE                       Monday, 9th December 2013
SIEGRIED                               Wednesday, 11th December 2013
GOTTERDAMMERUNG      Friday, 13th December 2013
There is no argument on the quality of the casting of the major roles in the Melbourne RING.
However, the success of any staging of the RING relies on many factors, but paramount amongst them is the vision of the director and designers, the experience and talents of the conductor, and most importantly the depth of quality in casting the  smaller roles. The above purported cast (if true) shows a lack of depth in casting the smaller roles. Some regular opera goers and Wagner fans may actually be put off purchasing tickets on the basis of this casting. The May edition of OPERA NOW lists the Melbourne RING as one of the top 5 RING cycles being performed in the Wagner Bicemtenary year of 3013 (the others are the Milan/Berlin, Frankfurt, Seattle and Paris RINGs). This rating may be inappropriate considering the  above casting of the smaller  roles.
It is inappropriate for tickets to go on sale without the FULL details of the Melbourne RING being released. Potential audience members should be given all the information to allow them to make an informed choice.
Ring Leaders for the Melbourne RING have already been asked to purchase their tickets. In fact their preferential period for ticket purchases is already closed. It is unfortunate that Ring Leaders who have already invested several thousand dollars for the privilege, and also spent up to $2,000 per ticket have been asked to do so without the full cast being revealed, and without the details of the performance dates for each cycle being revealed. Furthermore, a recent mail out to Patrons and Ring Leaders from the Patrons Manager Melbourne, of Opera Australia offers tour packages for the Melbourne RING which cannot be booked as Ring Leaders have not been informed of the cycle to which they have been allocated seats. Ring Leaders will not be informed of their cycle allocation until the end of 2012.
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Further details for the Melbourne RING

March 8, 2012 | Author

 

This week Opera Australia Ring Leaders received their priority booking forms for the 2013 Melbourne RING.

Dates for the three cycles are as follows:

 

CYCLE ONE

DAS RHEINGOLD                 Monday, 18th November 2013

DIE WALKURE                      Wednesday, 20th November 2013

SIEGRIED                                 Friday, 22nd November 2013

GOTTERDAMMERUNG      Monday, 25th November 2013

 

CYCLE TWO

DAS RHEINGOLD                  Wednesday, 27th November 2013

DIE WALKURE                       Friday, 29th November 2013

SIEGRIED                                  Monday, 2nd December 2013

GOTTERDAMMERUNG       Wednesday, 4th December 2013

 

CYCLE THREE

DAS RHEINGOLD                  Friday, 6th December 2013

DIE WALKURE                       Monday, 9th December 2013

SIEGRIED                                 Wednesday, 11th December 2013

GOTTERDAMMERUNG      Friday, 13th December 2013

 

Ticket prices are as have been previously announced.

 

Premium Reserve                    $2,000 per seat

A Reserve                                  $1,600 per seat

B Reserve                                  $1,200 per seat

C Reserve                                  $1000 per seat

 

Ring Leaders have until the 30th March to submit the ticket applications and pay for the tickets. They can be paid in 2 instalments only by credit card – the first now, and the second on the 1st October 2012 for an additional fee of $40.

Ring Leaders who book now wil be advised of their Cycle and seating reserve by the 14th May 2012, and seat numbers will be advised by the 30th November 2012. Tickets will be mailed in July 2013.

Most surprisingly (no, astoundingly !), payment is expected without any further information on the production or casting being provided. This is hardly the way to treat audience members who have contributed several thousand dollars extra to support the RING project !

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Melbourne hasn’t the only RING in 2013

March 8, 2012 | Author

 

 

Just a reminder to readers that the Opera Australia production of Wagner’s DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN slated for Melbourne in November/December 2013 is not the only RING scheduled for the Bicentenary year of Wagner’s birth.

Announced or anticipated performances of DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN for the Wagner fans and more adventurous are as follows:

 

Frankfurt: January/ February

Halle: 3, 5, 7, 9 March

Berlin, Staatsoper: March/ April

New York, Metropolitan Opera: 6, 13, 20, 23 April; 25, 26, 29 April, 2 May; 4, 6, 8, 11 May

Vienna, Staatsoper: May

Riga, Latvian National Opera: 28, 29, 31 May, 2 June; 4, 5, 7, 9 June

Mannheim: 22, 25, 31 May, 2 June; 28, 30 June, 4, 7 July

Paris, Bastille: 18, 19, 23, 26 June

Milan, La Scala: June

London Proms/ Berlin Staatsoper: June

Longborough: 16, 18, 20, 22 June; 28, 30 June 2, 4 July

Munich: Bavarian State Opera: July

Bayreuth: July/ August

Seattle Opera: 4, 5, 7, 9; 12, 13, 15, 17; 20, 21, 23, 25 August

Amsterdam, De Nederlandse Opera: August/ November

Enschede: September

Melbourne: November/ December

Florence/ Valencia, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino: Dates tba

Hamburg: Dates tba

Lübeck: Dates tba

 

With thanks to Peter Bassett for supplying this information.

 

 

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