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Lithograph, 1902.
The Ring in Berlin - Wagner in the German capital
Tour highlights
- Wagner’s monumental Ring of the Nibelung cycle anatomises the shortcomings of materialistic society – mankind’s greed, its lust for political power, its despoliation of the environment – and offers a powerful vision of a better future.
- First category tickets for all four performances.
- Visits on most days to study the art, architecture and history of Berlin.
- Talks on the operas by Barry Millington, author/editor of eight books on Wagner and editor of The Wagner Journal.
The long-awaited production by Dmitri Tcherniakov of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Staatsoper Berlin finally took place in 2022. Originally planned with the Staatsoper’s general music director Daniel Barenboim, the conducting was taken over by Barenboim’s successor Christian Thielemann. The result was acclaimed by The Wagner Journal as ‘a wonder of our age’. With the peerless Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra at his command, Thielemann conjured miracles of sensitivity and refinement in the course of his breathtakingly original interpretation.
Thielemann’s alertness to Tcherniakov’s conceptual approach, which envisages the action taking place in an experimental laboratory, the better to probe the psychological disturbance of the Ring’s characters and to analyse their social interactions, ensured a remarkable synchrony between stage and pit. The stellar cast, arguably unequalled anywhere else in the world today, has been reassembled for the two cycles in 2025: Michael Volle (Wotan), Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Andreas Schager (Siegfried), Vida Miknevičūtė (Sieglinde) and Mika Kares (Fasolt, Hunding, Hagen). The acclaimed American tenor Eric Cutler joins as the new Siegmund.
There will be lectures on each instalment of the Ring by Barry Millington, the Wagner specialist and editor of The Wagner Journal, and walks or excursions on most days with local guides. However, plenty of time is allowed to rest and to prepare for experiencing the greatest achievement of music drama.
Practicalities
Two sharing: A$13,140 or A$12,740. without flights. Single occupancy: A$14,890 or A$14,490 without flights.
Travel by private coach; hotel accommodation as described below; breakfasts, 2 lunches and 3 dinners, with wine, as well as interval fingerfood and drinks at 3 of the performances; all admissions; tips for restaurant staff, drivers and guides; state and airport taxes; the services of the lecturer, tour manager and local Berlin guides.
Music: tickets (first category) for 4 performances are included.
Westin Grand Berlin: a 5-star hotel built in the 1980s and renovated in a classicist style, located on the corner of Unter den Linden and Friedrichstraße. Single rooms are doubles for sole use.
There is quite a lot of walking and standing around in art galleries and museums. Average distance by coach per day: 10 miles.
Group size: the tour will operate with between 10 and 22 participants.
Before booking, please refer to Smartraveller to ensure you are happy with the travel advice for the destination(s) you are visiting. As a British company we follow the advice of the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office.
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