What follows is a list of full Ring cycles in 2018. As always details may change, or we may have made an error. Please check with each houses website or box office before booking or making arrangements. Contact details are given for each in the listing. If we have missed a full cycle somewhere please let us know providing full details
Mariinsky Theatre
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Dates:
1, 2, 3, 4 March 2018 (two cycles)
Cast:
Wotan: Yevgeny Nikitin / Vladimir Feliauer
Brünnhilde
Olga Sergeyeva / Yekaterina Shimanovich / Larisa Gogolevskaya
Siegfried:
Mikhail Vekua / Dmitry Voropaev
Siegmund:
Dmitry Voropaev
Sieglinde:
Yekaterina Shimanovich
Alberich:
Edem Umerov / Roman Burdenko
Mime:
Andrei Zorin / Andrei Popov
Erda:
Zlata Bulycheva
Fricka :
Anna Kiknadze / Yekaterina Sergeyeva
Fasolt:
Vadim Kravets
Fafner
Pavel Shmulevich / Gennady Bezzubenkov
Gunther:
Yevgeny Nikitin
Gutrune:
Yevgenia Muravieva
Hagen:
Pavel Shmulevich
Hunding:
Gennady Bezzubenkov
Loge:
Mikhail Vekua
Waltraute:
Elena Vitman
Conductor:
Michael Guettler
Director:
Valery Gergiev / George Tsypin
Set Designs:
George Tsypin
Costumes:
Tatiana Noginova
Lighting:
Gleb Filshtinsky
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Oper Leipzig
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Dates:
6, 7, 13, 14 January, 11, 12, 14, 15 April, 10, 11, 12, 13 May 2018 (three cycles)
Cast:
Wotan
Tuomas Pursio / Thomas Johannes Mayer
Brünnhilde
Edith Haller / Katherine Broderick / Christiane Libor
Siegfried
Daniel Frank / Thomas Mohr
Siegmund
Nikolai Schukoff
Sieglinde
Daniela Köhler
Alberich
Pavlo Hunka / Tuomas Pursio
Mime
Dan Karlström
Erda
Claudia Huckle
Fricka
Karin Lovelius / Kathrin Göring
Fasolt
Runi Brattaberg
Fafner
James Moellenhoff
Gunther
Tuomas Pursio
Gutrune
Gal James
Hagen
Runi Brattaberg
Hunding
Runi Brattaberg
Loge
Thomas Mohr
Freia
Gal James
Donner
Kay Stiefermann
Froh
Sven Hjörleisson
Der Wanderer
Egils Silins
Conductor:
Ulf Schirmer
Director:
Rosamund Gilmore
Set Designs:
Carl Friedrich Oberle
Costumes:
Nicola Reichert
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Bavarian State Opera
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Dates:
11, 13, 19, 22, 31 January, 3, 8, 11 February 2018 (two cycles)
Cast:
Wotan
Wolfgang Koch
Brünnhilde
Nina Stemme
Siegfried
Stefan Vinke
Siegmund
Simon O'Neill
Sieglinde
Anja Kampe
Alberich
John Lundgren
Mime
Wolfgang Ablinger=Sperrhacke
Erda
Okka von der Damerau
Fricka
Ekaterina Gubanova
Fasolt
Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Fafner
Ain Anger
Gunther
Markus Eiche
Gutrune
Anna Gabler
Hagen
Hans-Peter König
Hunding
Ain Anger
Loge
Norbert Ernst
Waltraute
Okka von der Damerau
Freia
Golda Schultz
Donner
Markus Eiche
Froh
Dean Power
Der Wanderer
Wolfgang Koch
Conductor:
Kirill Petrenko
Director:
Andreas Kriegenburg
Set Designs:
Harald Thor
Costumes:
Andrea Schraad
Lighting:
Stefan Bolliger
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Semperoper Dresden
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Dates:
13, 14, 18, 20, 29, 30 January, 1, 4 February 2018 (two cycles)
Cast
Wotan
Vitalij Kowaljow
Brünnhilde
Petra Lang
Siegfried
Andreas Schager
Siegmund
Peter Seiffert
Alberich
Albert Dohmen
Mime
Gerhard Siegel
Erda
Janina Baechle
Fricka
Christa Mayer
Fasolt
Georg Zeppenfeld
Fafner
Karl-Heinz Lehner
Gutrune
Edith Haller
Hagen
Albert Pesendorfer
Hunding
Georg Zeppenfeld
Loge
Kurt Streit
Waltraute
Christa Mayer
Freia
Regina Hangler
Donner
Derek Welton
Froh
Tansel Akzeybek
Der Wanderer
Vitalij Kowaljow
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Director:
Willy Decker
Set Designs:
Wolfgang Gussmann
Costumes:
Wolfgang Gussmann / Frauke Schernau
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Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Dates:
March: 28.03.2018, 29.03.2018, 31.03.2018, 02.04.2018.
May: 05.05.2018, 06.05.2018, 10.05.2018, 12.05.2018
Cast:
Please visit website due to different cast members across the two cycles. Also, unusual as there are four different directors! Das Rheingold" staged by David Hermann, Walkure, directed by Yuval Sharon, "Siegfried", directed by Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson, "Götterdämmerung", directed by Tobias Kratzer).
Conductor
Justin Brown
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Sofia National Opera and Ballet
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Dates:
18, 19, 21, 23 May, 5, 6, 8, 10 July 2018 (two cycles - Moscow and Sofia) Please note. Some of these dates are in Moscow. Please check with website before booking
Cast
Not announced as of yet
Director:
Plamen Kartaloff
Set Designs:
Nikolay Panayotov
Lighting:
Andrey Haydinyak
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San Francisco Opera
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Dates:
12, 13, 15, 17(m), 19, 20, 22, 24(m), 26, 27, 29 June, 1(m) July 2018 (three cycles)
Cast
Wotan
Greer Grimsley
Brünnhilde
Evelyn Herlitzius
Siegfried
Daniel Brenna
Siegmund
Brandon Jovanovich
Sieglinde
Karita Mattila
Alberich
Falk Struckmann
Mime
David Cangelosi
Erda
Ronnita Miller
Fricka
Jamie Barton
Fasolt
Andrea Silvestrelli
Fafner
Raymond Aceto
Gunther
Brian Mullligan
Gutrune
Melissa Citro
Hagen
Andrea Silvestrelli
Hunding
Raymond Aceto
Loge
Stefan Margita
Waltraute
Jamie Barton
Donner
Brian Mulligan
Froh
Brandon Jovanovich
Der Wanderer
Greer Grimsley
Conductor:
Donald Runnicles
Director:
Francesca Zambello
Set Designs:
Michael Yeargan
Costumes:
Catherine Zuber
Lighting:
Mark McCullough
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Munich Opera Festival
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Dates:
20, 22, 24, 27 July 2018 (one cycle)
Cast
Wotan
Wolfgang Koch
Brünnhilde
Nina Stemme
Siegfried
Stefan Vinke
Siegmund
Jonas Kaufmann
Sieglinde
Anja Kampe
Alberich
John Lundgren
Mime
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Erda
Okka von der Damerau
Fricka
Ekaterina Gubanova
Fasolt
Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Fafner
Ain Anger
Gunther
Markus Eiche
Gutrune
Anna Gabler
Hagen
Hans-Peter König
Hunding
Ain Anger
Loge
Norbert Ernst
Freia
Golda Schultz
Donner
Markus Eiche
Froh
Dean Power
Der Wanderer
Wolfgang Koch
Conductor:
Kirill Petrenko
Director:
Andreas Kriegenburg
Set Designs:
Harald Thor
Costumes:
Andrea Schraad
Lighting:
Stefan Bolliger
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OS, ODEON, Odense
Full Details Click Here
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Dates From 22 May - 3 June (Two Cycles. Please click above for full dates)
Cast:
Wotan: James Johnson
Brünnhilde (Die Walküre & Götterdämmerung): Jennifer Wilson
Brünnhilde (Siegfried): Catherine Foster
Siegfried: Torsten Kerl
Mime: 22/5, 25/5 samt 29/5 Gerhard Siegel – 3/6 Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Alberich: Pavlo Hunka
Fricka: Lioba Braun
Hunding: Andreas Hörl
Hagen: Runí Brattaberg
Siegmund: Kristian Benedikt
Sieglinde: Miina-Liisa Värelä
Gunther: Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester
Gutrune: Lyuba Petrova
Erda: Simone Schröder
Froh: Magnus Vigilius
Loge: Vsevolod Grivnov
Freia: Lyuba Petrova
Donner: Wieland Satter
Fasolt: Gabor Bretz
Fafner: Andreas Hörl
Woglinde: Nina Bols Lundgren
Wellgunde: Sabrina Kögel
Flosshilde: Andrea Pellegrini
Gerhilde: Winnie Merete Duholm
Ortlinde: Anne Margrethe Dahl
Waltraute(Götterdämmerung): Lioba Braun
Waltraute(Walküre): Karin Lovelius
Schwertleite: Simone Schröder
Helmwige: Barbara Dobrzanska
Siegrune: Sabrina Kögel
Grimgerde: Johanne Bock
Rossweisse: Andrea Pellegrini
Waldvogel: Nina Bols Lundgren
1. Norn: Simone Schröder
2. Norn: Karin Lovelius
3. Norn: Barbara Dobrzanska
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