After running for nearly one month in Melbourne, Opera Australia’s first Ring cycle has come full circle bringing to an end an assemblage of outstanding performances by artists and musicians, acclaimed by the critics, and attended by audiences from near and far. The number crunchers have trawled through the details of the production and…
Opera Australia: Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold Arts Centre Melbourne/18 November 2013 ***** There was certainly a buzz of excited anticipation as opera lovers mingled with the glitterati for the unveiling of Opera Australia’s first Ring Cycle – the monumental work that is said to mark the coming of age of an opera…
In their last function for the year, the Wagner Society of New South Wales counts down to Opera Australia’s Melbourne Ring with an opportunity to talk to two central characters in The Ring: the heroic Brünnhilde sung by dramatic soprano Susan Bullock and the scheming Loge, tenor Richard Berkeley-Steele. Susan Bullock is one of the world’s most sought-after dramatic…