Review: ‘Siegfried’ Opera Australia

Review: ‘Siegfried’ Opera Australia

Opera Australia: Der Ring des Nibelungen: Siegfried Arts Centre Melbourne/22 November 2013 *****   Brünnhilde’s final outpouring to Siegfried at the end of the second day of Wagner’s music drama begins: ‘O kindischer Held! O herrlischer Knabe! Du hehrster Taten töriger Hort!’ The terms ‘childish’, ‘boy’ and ‘foolish’ are among several along these lines that may…

Susan Bullock and Richard Berkeley-Steele Talk About Singing Wagner

Susan Bullock and Richard Berkeley-Steele Talk About Singing Wagner

  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…