| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2013 Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House | The Met's Ring Cycle begins with an impressive Das Rheingold |
 Quite simply, it’s the largest scale event in all of opera. With 18 hours of music in a 3,800 seat house, Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Met is a giant, lavish undertaking – all starting with that famous E flat chord: starting from the quietest of pianissimo double bass notes and building for nearly four minutes before it explodes into the melody of the Rhinemaidens.
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| 26-Jun-2011 Sage: Hall One | Das Rheingold: a concert perfomance full of drama |
 The first lesson I learnt from this evening’s stunning performance by Opera North of Das Rheingold to a completely full Hall One at the Sage is that however much you listen to Wagner's opera, absolutely nothing can prepare you for the physical and emotional impact of seeing a live performance, with the sheer power of the orchestra and the dramatic force of the music.
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| 11-Jun-2011 Howard Assembly Room | Dame Anne Evans: I Saw the World End |
| In the run up to their widely anticipated concert staging of Wagner's Das Rheingold this summer, Opera North are providing us with a number of events at their Howard Assembly Room which aim to explore different aspects of the Ring Cycle. From the technicalities of performance to the music which may have influenced Wagner's compositions, there are events for opera lovers of all levels to enjoy, and they began on Saturday night with an evening of words and music from legendary Wagnerian soprano, Dame Anne Evans.
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