Wagner’s Ring Cycle in London | Hayllar Music Tours
WAGNER’S RING CYCLE IN LONDON
Wagner’s Ring Cycle in London | Hayllar Music Tours
WAGNER’S RING CYCLE IN LONDON
WAGNER’S RING CYCLE IN LONDON
3–11 OCTOBER 2027 (9 DAYS) | FOUR RING CYCLE OPERAS, AN EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE RECITAL, INSIGHTFUL TALKS, GOURMET MEALS, LUXURIOUS ACCOMMODATION & AN EXPLORATION OF LONDON
Join Hayllar Music Tours and music scholar Julian Johnson for an extraordinary journey to London, centred on one of opera’s greatest achievements: Richard Wagner’s complete Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in a visionary production directed by Barrie Kosky.
Across four monumental music dramas, immerse yourself in Wagner’s epic world of gods, heroes, love, betrayal and redemption, brought to life through some of opera’s most compelling music. Experience the extraordinary dramatic sweep of the Ring in one of the world’s most celebrated opera houses. In addition to the four opera performances, enjoy an exclusive private recital from a member of the cast, dine at some of London’s most refined restaurants, and stay in a luxurious, centrally-located 5-star hotel.
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tour leader
Julian Johnson
TOUR LEADER
Julian Johnson
Julian Johnson is Emeritus Professor of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London, having previously been a Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. He has published widely on music of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a particular expertise in late romanticism and early modernism. His work often explores music’s wider connections to culture and society, including ideas of nature and landscape, and the relation of music to literature, visual art, and philosophy. He is the author of seven books, including Who Needs Classical Music? (2002), Mahler’s Voices (2009), Music and the Making of Modernity (2015), and After Debussy (2020).
Julian is committed to fostering a wider public understanding of music and, for the last thirty years, has helped introduce programmes to audiences around the world through his radio broadcasts, podcasts, programme book essays, study days and lectures. He has been a regular guest on BBC Radio 3 and given numerous public talks for leading orchestras and opera companies, including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Opera Covent Garden, and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. He has been Series Consultant for major concert series in London and twice nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award.
CAST & CREATIVE
Creative Team
Jakub Hrůša conductor
Barrie Kosky director
Rufus Didwiszus set designer
Victoria Behr costume designer
Alessandro Carletti lighting designer
Roland Horvath/rocafilm video designer
Das Rheingold
Christopher Maltman Wotan
Leigh Melrose Alberich
Sean Panikkar Loge
Marina Prudenskaya Fricka
Amy Ní Fhearraigh Freia
Wiebke Lehmkuhl Voice of Erda
Liam James Karai Donner
Samuel Sakker Froh
Brenton Ryan Mime
In Sung Sim Fasolt
Soloman Howard Fafner
Sarah Brady Woglinde
Niamh O’Sullivan Wellgunde
Marvic Monreal Flosshilde
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Die Walküre
Christopher Maltman Wotan
Elisabet Strid Brünnnhilde
Natalya Romaniw Sieglinde
Stanislas de Barbeyrac Siegmund
Marina Prudenskaya Fricka
Soloman Howard Hunding
Katie Lowe Helmwige
Lee Bisset Ortlinde
Catharine Woodward Gerhilde
Claire Barnett-Jones Waltraute
Catherine Carby Siegrune
Alison Kettlewell Rossweisse
Monika-Evelin Liiv Grimgerde
Noa Beinart Schwertleite
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Siegfried
Andreas Schager Siegfried
Peter Hoare Mime
Christopher Maltman Der Wanderer
Elisabet Strid Brünnhilde
Leigh Melrose Alberich
Soloman Howard Fafner
Wiebke Lehmkuhl Erda
Sarah Brady Woodbird
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Götterdämmerung
Andreas Schager Siegfried
Thomas Lehman Gunther
Mika Kares Hagen
Leigh Melrose Alberich
Elisabet Strid Brünnhilde
Natalya Romaniw Gutrune
Annika Schlicht Waltraute
Noa Beinart First Norn
Claire Barnett-Jones Second Norn
Catharine Woodward Third Norn
Sarah Brady Woglinde
Niamh O’Sullivan Wellgunde
Marvic Monreal Flosshilde
Royal Opera Chorus
William Spaulding chorus director
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House