Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013

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The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013

Journey to another world 18 November – 13 December melbourneringcycle.com.au

WELCOME “Our city is no stranger to major cultural events – we pride ourselves on the quality and diversity of our arts festivals, our major exhibitions and our year-round offering of music, opera, theatre and dance. We are therefore excited to rise to the challenge of presenting what is perhaps the most ambitious and revered work of Western culture. An epic undertaking in every sense.

With Australia’s best opera stage, a stellar creative team, the finest Australian and international talent and a superb orchestra, the Melbourne Ring Cycle will be a once in a lifetime event.

The Ring has captured the imagination of audiences throughout generations and around the world.

The Melbourne Ring Cycle will continue this great tradition in 2013 – Wagner’s bicentenary year.

The Victorian Government is proud to be partnering with Opera Australia, Houston Grand Opera and philanthropists Maureen and Tony Wheeler to present this new production of the Ring in Melbourne.

I look forward to welcoming you to this special event.”

Ted Baillieu MLA Premier and Minister for the Arts

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“We invite you to share in Opera Australia’s adventure through one of the greatest works of art in the history of western music: Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle. This monumental undertaking is a journey of epic proportions through intellectual and emotional challenges that are central to the human experience.

We hope that you will be inspired to join us on this landmark journey as we set forth to perform the Ring as its creator intended – in its entirety over the course of eight days.

Leading an inspired cast of outstanding Wagnerian artists from around the world is the acclaimed Australian director Neil Armfield, conductor Richard Mills and designer Robert Cousins.

We look forward to your company on our journey toward the Ring in Melbourne in 2013.”

Lyndon Terracini Artistic Director Opera Australia

“I have never failed to be moved by this amazing work.”

Maureen Wheeler

“Melbourne has been rated one of the world’s most liveable cities, which is very nice. ‘Liveable’ like ‘nice’ sounds a bit boring, which Melbourne emphatically is not. There is so much more to our city on the bay with its vibrant cultural scene and festivals celebrating food, wine, comedy, fashion, literature and every sporting event you can imagine. In 2013 we will add to the repertoire opera’s major event, the Melbourne Ring Cycle, and for me this is the realisation of a dream.

I have never failed to be moved by this amazing work and am thrilled that Opera Australia will be performing the Ring in 2013, Wagner’s bicentenary. To go to a Ring cycle and not be jet-lagged, and to entice friends from all over the world to discover Melbourne for themselves, is a dream come true.”

Maureen Wheeler Principal Supporter of the Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013

THE creative team “It is perhaps the greatest single work of the human imagination.”

Neil Armfield Conductor Richard Mills Director Neil Armfield Set Designer Robert Cousins Costume Designer Alice Babidge Lighting Designer Damien Cooper Associate Conductor Anthony Legge Associate Director Kate Champion

The Thing About the Ring

An Australian Story

“It’s impossible to define the meaning of the Ring.

It changes meaning as the human race grows older. It’s like a mirror in which we see ourselves and we see the state of humanity in all its power and complexity.

“At the start of the Ring cycle Alberich wrenches from the river the means by which wealth (and therefore power) can be forged. At the end of the tetralogy, some sixteen hours later, as a great fire consumes the vanities of both Earth and Valhalla, the waters of that river rise and inundate the land in a great flood that washes all before it.

So, although the story can be seen as a triumph of self-sacrifice and love, or in another sense, as an allegory of destructive greed and power, it is finally impossible to encapsulate its meaning in words.

But one can say that Das Rheingold is a conversation, Die Walküre is a poem of the emotions, Siegfried is a fantastic narrative and Götterdämmerung is a human and divine story set in a cosmological framework.

And equally, each moment of the Ring is dialogue, poetry, narrative and cosmos.

As the story unfolds through music, I find that Wagner’s Ring cycle is also an essay on the flux and the power and the ultimate mystery of time. It has a glimpse of the eternal world that is impossible to encapsulate in mortal phrases.”

Richard Mills Conductor

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At the start of the 21st century, as we witness the ominous signs of our own world lurching towards fire and flood as the resources of the planet are exhausted in a spiralling vortex of greed and human vanity, Wagner’s epic poem resounds with new and urgent meaning.

The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013 will be about our world, a history in which we are all complicit.

The production will seek to reveal the work in all its devastating beauty; to understand and play within the reach of Wagner’s metaphors; to underline the humanity of his characters and the complexity of their motivations. But most of all to release the overwhelming glory of his music: the stream, the torrent, in which all of his meanings are born.

I have been working in the theatre for thirty-two years, twenty-five of them on the opera stage. I have never faced a challenge that comes anywhere near the challenges of the Ring. It is perhaps the greatest single work of the human imagination. I hope to bring to it simplicity and clarity, a playful love of story, a meaningful sense of spectacle, and an utterly ravishing theatricality.

Wish us courage, wisdom, and fortitude!

I look forward to seeing you there.”

Neil Armfield Director Melbourne Ring Orchestra The Ring cycle requires an orchestra of epic proportions with more than 100 players.

The orchestra for the Melbourne Ring Cycle will be the Melbourne Ring Orchestra, which will consist of players from Orchestra Victoria, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra as well as special guest musicians from other major orchestras from around Australia.

The Ring of the Nib

A mysterious, primordial world of scheming gods, miss maidens and fearsome monsters.

Das Rheingold

Die Walküre

PART 1

PART 2

The Ring cycle opens with this magnificent prelude.

In the space of a single, majestic, two-and-a-halfhour musical span, Wagner immerses you in a mysterious, primordial world of scheming gods, misshapen dwarfs, alluring maidens and fearsome monsters. The struggle for power and wealth in Das Rheingold irrevocably alters the order of the universe and determines the course of the entire saga. Spurned by the three beautiful Rhinemaidens, the Nibelung dwarf Alberich steals their gold and forges it into a ring that gives unlimited power to its wearer. When Wotan, the lord of the gods, steals the ring, Alberich curses it and all who wear it.

The second opera in the Ring cycle holds special appeal for audiences with its dramatic power and remarkable music, including the famous ‘Ride of the Valkyries’. After Das Rheingold’s rarefied realm of gods, monsters and nature spirits, in Die Walküre Wagner plunges headlong into the highly emotional world of humanity.

Finnish bass-baritone and rising star Juha Uusitalo is the imposing Wotan, Australian Wagnerian stalwart John Wegner plays the evil Alberich and English tenor Richard Berkeley-Steele is the wily Loge, the god of fire, who convinces Wotan to steal the ring, setting off the fateful chain of events that are only resolved at the end of Götterdämmerung.

CAST Wotan Juha Uusitalo Donner Warwick Fyfe Froh Andrew Brunsdon Loge Richard Berkeley–Steele Fricka Jacqueline Dark Freia Hyeseoung Kwon Erda Deborah Humble Woglinde Lorina Gore Wellgunde Jane Ede Flosshilde Dominica Matthews Alberich John Wegner Mime Graeme Macfarlane Fasolt Daniel Sumegi Fafner Shane Lowrencev Evenings at 7pm November 18, 27, December 6 Running Time: Approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Love animates the actions of all the leading characters: Wotan, who wants to protect his children but is forced to forsake them; his twin offspring Siegmund and Sieglinde who fall passionately in love; and his warrior daughter Brünnhilde who defies Wotan by trying to protect the twins. He punishes her by stripping her of her immortality and putting her to sleep surrounded by a wall of flames that only the greatest hero can brave.

Juha Uusitalo returns as Wotan, English soprano Susan Bullock makes her first appearance as Brünnhilde and internationally-renowned Australian singers – tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Miriam Gordon-Stewart – are the passionate lover-siblings Siegmund and Sieglinde.

CAST Wotan Juha Uusitalo Fricka Jacqueline Dark Siegmund Stuart Skelton Sieglinde Miriam Gordon-Stewart Hunding Jud Arthur Brünnhilde Susan Bullock Gerhilde Anke Höppner Ortlinde Meryln Quaife Waltraute Deborah Humble Schwertleite Dominica Matthews Helmwige Hyeseoung Kwon Siegrune Sian Pendry Grimgerde Elizabeth Campbell Rossweisse Roxane Hislop Evenings at 5:00pm November 20, 29, December 9 Running Time: 5 hours and 30 minutes, including two intervals: 1 hour and 15 minutes, 30 minutes.

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ibelung

shapen dwarfs, alluring

Siegfried

GötterdÄmmerung

PART 3

PART 4

The Ring cycle’s third opera is intensely focused on the fortunes of a single figure. Siegfried charts the rise of the son of Siegmund and Sieglinde into the greatest hero of the age.

The Ring cycle reaches its devastating finale in Götterdämmerung’s tale of treachery and destruction.

Following Sieglinde’s death, Siegfried has been raised by the dwarf Mime, brother of Alberich.

Although Mime loathes Siegfried, he hopes Siegfried will kill the dragon Fafner, guardian of the allpowerful ring. Instead, Siegfried kills both Fafner and Mime, claims the ring for himself and sets off to find the sleeping Brünnhilde. Siegfried braves the flames, wakes her with a kiss and the two declare their powerful feelings of love in one of the most thrilling and extended love duets in all opera.

American tenor Gary Lehman is the mighty hero Siegfried, English soprano Susan Bullock returns as Brünnhilde and Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo makes his final appearance in the cycle as The Wanderer.

CAST Siegfried Gary Lehman Brünnhilde Susan Bullock Erda Deborah Humble Mime Graeme Macfarlane The Wanderer Juha Uusitalo Alberich John Wegner Fafner Shane Lowrencev Forest Bird Taryn Fiebig Evenings at 5:00pm November 22, December 2, 11 Running Time: 5 hours and 40 minutes including two intervals: 1 hour and 15 minutes, 30 minutes.

All seems lost after love is betrayed by naked ambition and villains outsmart heroes. Siegfried is unwittingly ensnared in a plot by Gunther and Gutrune and their half-brother, who wants the ring for himself. Siegfried drinks a magic potion that makes him forget Brünnhilde and fall in love with Gutrune. Enraged by his infidelity, Brünnhilde joins forces with Hagen, who murders Siegfried. However, on discovering the truth about Siegfried’s betrayal, Brünnhilde takes drastic action. In her Immolation Scene, she redeems the world by leaping into Siegfried’s funeral pyre and returning the ring to its rightful owners. The Rhinemaidens joyfully reclaim their gold, drag Hagen into the depths and the old world order is swept away by flood and fire.

American tenor Gary Lehman and English soprano Susan Bullock are the star-crossed lovers Siegfried and Brünnhilde, and Australian bass-baritone Daniel Sumegi is the malevolent Hagen.

CAST Siegfried Gary Lehman Gunther Barry Ryan Alberich John Wegner Hagen Daniel Sumegi Brünnhilde Susan Bullock Gutrune Sharon Prero Waltraute Deborah Humble Woglinde Lorina Gore Wellgunde Jane Ede Flosshilde Dominica Matthews First Norn Elizabeth Campbell Second Norn Jacqueline Dark Third Norn Anke Höppner Afternoons at 4:00pm November 25, December 4, 13 Running Time: 6 hours including two intervals: 1 hour and 30 minutes, 35 minutes.

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WAGNER AND HIS LEGACY A musical genius whose operas changed the course of music.

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a musical genius whose operas changed the course of music. In their unprecedented emotional intensity and profound innovations in harmony, tonality and melody, they laid the foundation for 20th-century classical music.

2013 is the two hundredth anniversary of Wagner’s birth.

To celebrate his bicentenary, Opera Australia is presenting its first-ever Ring cycle at Arts Centre Melbourne.

Twenty-eight years in the making (1848-1876), his four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelung is both spectacular and deeply moving. Watching a great production of this visionary masterpiece is a lifechanging experience.

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At its heart, however, the Ring is a powerful, compelling drama. Its narrative arc takes you through a rugged mythological landscape where immortals and humans fall in love and fight over power and wealth. Their destinies and the future of the world are determined by the fate of the eponymous ring.

To tell his story through the music, Wagner created a system of leitmotifs or musical themes representing characters, things or ideas. These leitmotifs are continually developed and transformed throughout the four operas in a remarkably inventive and beautiful way.

The ideas and emotions embodied in the four-opera saga are at once eternal and contemporary. So the Melbourne Ring Cycle will be distinctly Australian in spirit and outlook – respectful of the work’s historical importance yet boldly responding to it with customary antipodean freshness.

Be there in Melbourne when the curtain goes up on the Melbourne Ring Cycle.

THE melbourne STORY When Wagner’s complete Ring cycle was first staged in 1876, Melbourne was already one of the great cities of the world. Dubbed Marvellous Melbourne, European visitors were amazed by this vibrant, sophisticated southern hemisphere metropolis.

By the time of Wagner’s death in 1883, Melbourne was the second-largest city in the British Empire.

Today, Melbourne continues to astound and delight.

Regularly voted one of the world’s most livable cities, its unique mix of heritage ambience and contemporary style pays respect to the past while boldly looking to the future.

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You can marvel at the grand Victorian and art deco buildings nestling alongside inventive, cuttingedge architecture. You can explore hidden laneways and sweeping boulevards offering exquisite restaurants, cool wine bars and cafes, hip fashion boutiques and Australia’s most elegant and enticing shopping experiences. You can even escape on an indulgent, short-break getaway to the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Daylesford or one of the many other gems in Melbourne’s backyard.

But Melbourne is also a city where ideas and artists really matter. As Australia’s cultural capital and home to one of the largest stages in the world, Arts Centre Melbourne’s State Theatre is the perfect venue for Opera Australia’s first-ever Ring cycle.

In 2013, make a special journey to Melbourne and immerse yourself in the magical world of Wagner’s Ring cycle. And while you’re there, experience the rich variety of wonders this great city has to offer. With Melbourne playing host to a genuinely Australian Ring cycle, Wagner’s masterpiece has found its rightful antipodean home.

Wagner’s masterpiece has found its rightful antipodean home.

Arts Centre Melbourne Arts Centre Melbourne is Australia’s largest performing arts centre and the focal point of Melbourne’s cultural precinct. Its annual self-presented program includes an international series, local collaborations, and performances for all ages, and its Performing Arts Collection is Australia’s largest and most important collection of its kind. Each year it hosts the seasons of the national and state music, opera, theatre and dance companies.

The Melbourne Ring Cycle will be performed in the State Theatre, the largest lyric theatre stage in the Southern Hemisphere. State-of-theart and renowned for its luxurious interiors, it is being further enhanced with the expansion of the orchestra pit to accommodate up to 110 musicians.

This new flexibility will enable performances of a scale and variety that cannot be staged anywhere else in Australia, with the Melbourne Ring Cycle the first to reveal the thrilling full-sized Wagnerian orchestral sound.

DINING To complete your Ring cycle experience, Arts Centre Melbourne has enlisted a culinary team, including some of Melbourne’s top chefs, to create seasonal menus that showcase the best of Victorian produce. From decadent dining to simple, yet delicious, picnic baskets, our dining packages are designed to suit every budget and taste.

Arts Centre Melbourne’s Ring cycle dining has been uniquely designed with each opera in mind. And to ensure you have an enjoyable experience, our dedicated team of ushers will effortlessly guide you from the opera to the dining venue and back again.

Our aim is to ensure you can relax and delight in your combined dining and opera experience.

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PRICES AND BOOKINGS The Melbourne Ring Cycle is a special event and not part of Opera Australia’s regular season. Each Ring cycle is sold as a 4-opera series, and tickets are available for complete 4-performance cycles only.

TICKET PRICE PER CYCLE

Full Price

Premium

A Res

B Res

C Res

$2000

$1600

$1200

$1000

THE RING CYCLE 2013 DATES Cycle 1

Cycle 2

Cycle 3

Das Rheingold

7pm Monday November 18

7pm Wednesday November 27

7pm Friday December 6

Die Walküre

5pm Wednesday November 20

5pm Friday November 29

5pm Monday December 9

Siegfried

5pm Friday November 22

5pm Monday December 2

5pm Wednesday December 11

Götterdämmerung

4pm Monday November 25

4pm Wednesday December 4

4pm Friday December 13

HOW TO BOOK

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application for tickets Please note this is an application for tickets and not a guarantee that we will be able to fulfil your order. If we are unable to satisfy your first or second choice, we will contact you to discuss alternatives. the melbourne ring cycle 2013 section 1 — your personal details

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• The instalment payment plan is only available when paying with credit card and is only available for bookings received by 31 August 2012.

• Confirmation of all orders will be sent by email within 7 days of receiving your application.

• Confirmation of your cycle and reserve will be sent by email within 8 weeks of receiving your application.

• Fully paid tickets will be mailed from July 2013.

• There are no exchanges or refunds available.

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PLEASE RETURN TO: Opera Australia PO Box 389 South Melbourne VIC 3205 Phone (03) 9685 3700 Fax (03) 9686 1441 10

THE RING CYCLE Booking form (See enclosed)

GENERAL INFORMATION STATE THEATRE SEATING RESERVES ticket price per Cycle

Premium

$2000

A Res

$1600

B Res

$1200

C Res

$1000

STALLS

STAGE

INSTALMENTS

SURTITLE VIEWING

GETTING THERE

Tickets for the Melbourne Ring Cycle can be paid by two instalments. Instalments are only available by credit card for those customers whose ticket applications are received by 31 August 2012.

The first payment will be processed on receipt of your booking. The remaining instalment will be charged to the same card on 1 October 2012. Instalments will incur a $40 fee per booking.

A small number of seats have restricted viewing of surtitles.

Please indicate on your booking form whether you require seats with a surtitle view.

Public Transport

GST

CUSTOMER SERVICE DESK

All prices include GST where applicable.

TICKET EXCHANGES There will be no ticket exchanges or refunds available.

LOST TICKETS

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balcony

Replacement tickets can be arranged by calling (03) 9685 3700 prior to the performance and can only be collected from the Opera Australia Customer Service Desk at Arts Centre Melbourne immediately prior to the performance.

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WHEELCHAIR ACCESS Please indicate on your booking form if you require a wheelchair space and access.

Call Opera Australia Customer Services on (03) 9685 3700 for more details.

Arts Centre Melbourne is easily reached by many buses and trains. It’s just a few minutes’ walk from Flinders Street Station, or you can take any tram along St Kilda Road – Arts Centre Melbourne is stop number 14. There is also the free Melbourne City Tourist Shuttle which runs in a loop through Melbourne’s CBD every 15 minutes, and stops at the corner of Southbank Boulevard and Kavanagh Street (Stop 10).

Opera Australia’s Customer Service Desk, located inside Arts Centre Melbourne’s Box Office foyer, opens 1 hour before each performance to assist with ticket enquiries.

Driving

ADMISSION

Taxis

All patrons are bound by Opera Australia’s Terms and Conditions of Sale (see below).

Taxis can drop off passengers at Arts Centre Melbourne and can usually be hailed from the taxi rank directly outside the front entrance.

PERFORMANCE AND CAST DETAILS

If you want to drive, Arts Centre Melbourne’s car park is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

All details in this brochure are correct at time of publication and are subject to change. Refer to melbourneringcycle.com.au for full performance and cast details.

The Melbourne Ring Cycle is a special event and not part of Opera Australia’s usual subscription season.

Each Ring cycle is sold as a 4-opera series, and tickets are available for complete 4-performance cycles only.

All prices advertised are for complete four-performance cycles, and include GST where applicable.

Concessions are not available.

Exchanges are not available. Due to the unique nature of this event, seating reserves will differ from those of standard Opera Australia Seasons.

Payment by cheque, money order or credit card must accompany your Ring cycle ticket application.

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Your payment will equal the amount due for your first choice of tickets.

Your cheque or money order will be banked, or credit card will be debited, on receipt of your application.

Customers whose ticket applications are received by 31 August 2012 can choose to pay for their tickets by instalments. We can only accept instalments for payments made by credit card. Instalments will be debited from your credit card as follows: • 50% upon receipt of application for tickets • 50% on 1 October 2012

Customers paying by instalments will be charged an instalment fee of $40 per booking.

Opera Australia will do its best to satisfy your application, however, allocation of tickets is subject to availability.

Should Opera Australia be unable to satisfy your first or second choice, we will contact you to discuss alternatives, or arrange a refund.

We will acknowledge receipt of your request within 7 days by email (if you have provided an email address to us). We will then send you confirmation of your cycle and seating reserve within 8 weeks of receiving your application.

Fully paid tickets will be mailed in July 2013. Requests received after 31 July 2013 will be fulfilled as quickly as possible, depending on availability.

Ring cycle tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded.

A full version of the general terms and conditions applying to the purchase of tickets to Opera Australia performances and about Opera Australia’s privacy policy can be viewed at: opera-australia.org.au/aboutus/ opera_australia/ policies#Ticketing

Ring branding: Leuver Design. Photo of Neil Armfield (Page 3): Heidrun Lohr.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Travel packages to the ring Exclusive 8-night travel packages for each Ring cycle are available from Renaissance Tours, travel partner of Opera Australia.

Choose from a wide selection of five, four or three-star hotels, suite-hotels and self-contained apartments in the CBD, Southbank, St Kilda Road and South Yarra.

8 nights from AUD$1,070 per person, twin-share, including daily breakfast, special welcome reception and priority booking service for interval dining and sightseeing tours.

For further information visit renaissancetours.com.au/opera or telephone toll-free 1300 727 095 (within Australia) or 0800 403 621 (from New Zealand).

Donate to the ring Presenting the Ring is an enormous undertaking and one that would be impossible without the generous support of donors to our Ring Leader program. We invite you to donate and play your own important role in the Melbourne Ring Cycle for 2013.

Ring Leaders will be given access to priority tickets and a range of benefits in accordance with each Ring Leader level. These include entry to the Ring Theatre Lounge, exclusive insights and behind the scenes experiences as well as Artist Sponsorships for the Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013.

For more information about donating to the Melbourne Ring Cycle visit melbourneringcycle.com.au If you would like to discuss becoming a Ring Leader and the associated benefits in further detail please call: Sally Percival in Melbourne 03 9685 3752 or email: sally.percival@opera-australia.org.au or Georgie Curran in Sydney 02 9318 8220 or email: georgie.curran@opera-australia.org.au 13

OUR SUPPORTERS

melbourne ring cycle partners

Maureen & Tony Wheeler

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