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Venue

Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre
corner Grey & Melbourne Streets, South Bank, Queensland

Language

Sung in German, with English surtitles.

Running time

Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, with no interval.

Please note

This production contains haze and smoke effects, laser, UV and strobe like lighting effects.

New Production

The Ring Cycle opens with this magnificent prelude.

In the space of a single, majestic, two-and-a-half hour musical span, Wagner immerses you in a mysterious, primordial world of scheming gods, misshapen dwarfs, alluring maidens and fearsome monsters.

The struggle for power and wealth in Das Rheingold irrevocably alters the order of the universe and determines the course of the entire saga.

Spurned by the three beautiful Rhinemaidens, the Nibelung dwarf Alberich steals their gold and forges it into a ring that gives unlimited power to its wearer.

When Wotan, the lord of the gods, steals the ring, Alberich curses it and all who wear it.


Photographer: Wallis Media

Photographer: Wallis Media

Photographer: Wallis Media

Photographer: Wallis Media



Cast & Creative

Conductor
Director & Production Designer
Associate Set Designer
Digital Content Designer
Digital Content Designer Associates
Sebastian Grebing (flora&faunavisions)
Milena Mayer (flora&faunavisions)
Antonia Böhme (flora&faunavisions)
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Associate Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Assistant Director
Miranda Summers
Wotan/Wanderer
Donner
Froh
Loge
Fricka
Freia
Erda
Woglinde
Wellgunde
Flosshilde
Alberich
Mime
Fasolt
Fafner

Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus
Opera Queensland Chorus
Dancenorth Australia


The Story

The Ring Cycle opens with this magnificent prelude.

The struggle for power and wealth in Das Rheingold irrevocably alters the order of the universe and determines the course of the entire saga.

Not afraid of spoilers? Read the whole synopsis
Strategic Partners
Tourism Queensland

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Wagner Syndicate

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Henkell Brothers

University Partner

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Presenting Partner

QPAC

Opera Queensland

Performance Partner

Dancenorth Australia

Orchestra Partner

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Presenting Government Partner

NFACR

Freight Partner

Live events logistics

Patron-in-Chief

Opera Australia Government Partner

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