Opera North Announce 2016 Ring Cycle Dates & Locations

After four years of individual performances of each part of Der Ring des Nibelungen in concert - although semi-staged - ON have now announced the dates and locations of the full cycle, to be performed in 2016.

Leeds Town Hall:
Cycle 1: Sat 23 April 2016 - Sat 21 May 2016
Cycle 2: Tue 24 May 2016 - 29 May 2016

Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham:
Mon 6 June 2016 - Sat 11 June 2016

The Lowry, Salford Quays:
13 June 2016 - Sat 18 June 2016

Southbank Centre, London:
Tue 28 June 2016 - Sun 3 July 2016

Sage Gateshead:
Tue 5 July 2016 - Sun 10 July 2016

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Win Two VIP Tickets To Meistersinger in London

This year,  during February and March, will see the London premiere of Richard Jones’s acclaimed staging of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.  Conducted by Edward Gardner, with a fine cast that includes Iain Paterson performing his first Sachs, Andrew Shore making his stage role debut as Beckmesser and the wonderful Rachel Nicholls performing Eva (you can read an interview with Rachel we conducted earlier in her Wagnerian career, here). Full details can be found below.

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