Details

Set in a world of Norse gods and superheroes, The Ring, is about love, power, corruption, man's relationship with the divine, what it is to be human. They have been more exhaustively analysed and debated than any opera written. Rarely performed, to witness the four operas that make up The Ring is a truly overwhelming experience.

Cast/Performers

Elizabeth Byrne (Brunnhilde), Sara Rhodes (Gerhilde), Rachel Hynes (Helmwige), Mary Cattan Clarke (Ortlinde), Jane Irwin (Waltraute), Leah Marian Jones (Rossweisse), Clare Shearer (Siegrune), Yvonne Lea (Grimgerde), Kathleen Wilkinson (Schwertleite), Matthew Best (Wotan / Wanderer), Michael Druiett (Donner), Matthew Elton Thomas (Froh), Peter Bronder (Loge), Anne Mason (Fricka), Rachel Hynes (Freia), Mary Phillips (Erda), Inka Rinn (Woglinde), Marianne Andersen (Wellgunde), Leah Marian Jones (Flosshilde), Carsten Stabell (Fasolt), Markus Hollop (Fafner), Marie Plette (Sieglinde), Jan Kyhle (Siegmund), Carsten Stabell (Hunding), Graham Sanders (Siegfried), Gillian Keith (Woodbird), Leah Marian Jones (First Norn), Jane Irwin (Second Norn), Rachel Hynes (Third Norn), Mats Almgren (Hagen), Peter Savidge (Gunther), Elaine McKrill (Gutrune), Peter Sidhom (Alberich), Alasdair Elliott (Mime)

Creatives/Company

Music: Wagner
Corporate Sponsor: Bank of Scotland
Company: Scottish Opera
Conductor: Richard Armstrong
Director(s): Tim Albery, Vanessa Gray (movement director and assistand to the director)
Design: Hildegard Bechtler
Costume: Ana Jebens
Lighting(s): Wolfgang Gobel (Das Rheingold / Die Walkure), Kai Fischer (assistant), Peter Mumford (Siegfried and Gotterdammerung), Rachel McCutcheon (assistant)