One of the biggest productions in all the performing arts, Richard Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle, will be staged in Bendigo by the critically and popularly acclaimed Melbourne Opera.

The $5 million production will employ over 250 Australian singers, musicians, creatives and technicians. Exclusively staged in the regional Australian destination, the production is expected to drive major tourism to the region with three full Ring Cycles performed over six weeks from 24 March until 1 May 2023 at the Ulumbarra Theatre. The production also marks Bendigo’s inaugural annual Easter opera festival, presented by Melbourne Opera.

Each Ring Cycle will be performed over two weekends, from Friday-Sunday, encouraging longer stays in the booming Bendigo region, which has hosted a number of international arts and culture exhibitions and events in recent years.

A distinguished cast has been assembled for the Bendigo Ring, with Warwick Fyfe continuing his acclaimed performance as Wotan, Antoinette Halloran and Zara Barrett as Brunnhilde, Simon Meadows as Alberich, Lee Abrahmsen as Sieglinde, Bradley Daley and Bradley Cooper as Siegfried, Sarah Sweeting as Fricka, Deborah Humble as Erda, James Egglestone as Loge and Siegmund, Robert Macfarlane as Mime, Steven Gallop as Fafner, Darren Jeffery as Fasolt, Adrian Tamburini as Hunding, and a plethora of distinguished singers in the many other roles including Christopher Hillier, Christopher Tonkin, Jason Wasley, Rebecca Rashleigh, Sally-Anne Russell, Rosamund Illing, Olivia Cranwell, Liane Keegan, Dimity Shepherd, Kerry Gill, Eleanor Greenwood, Naomi Flatman, Caroline Vercoe, Teresa Ingrilli and Jordan Kahler.

Further Information: https://www.melbourneopera.com/project/bendigo-ring-cycle/

Bookings: https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/the-ring-cycle-tickets