The third instalment in Simone Young’s multi-year Ring Cycle features tenor Simon O’Neill as Siegfried. Stepping in for Anja Kampe, renowned Wagnerian soprano Miina-Liisa Värelä joins him for the climactic half-hour love duet – arguably the finest in the repertoire, and certainly the loudest. Värelä comes fresh from her role debut as Brünnhilde at Rome’s L’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia last month. They are joined by Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Wolfgang Koch (Wanderer), Warwick Fyfe (Alberich), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Fafner), Samantha Clarke (Waldvogel) and Noa Beinart (Erda).

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Starring a world-class cast of singers, including internationally acclaimed Simon O’Neill in the title role, this third instalment in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Ring Cycle in concert is a once-in a-generation event.

Whether you’re continuing the cycle or this is your first experience, Siegfried stands alone as a complete story that demands to be experienced live. An archetypal hero’s journey, this is a true epic, with every element of the human experience heightened and transposed into art.

Chief Conductor Simone Young is one of the world’s greatest interpreters of Wagner, renowned for her precision and emotional depth, and is the first Australian conductor to ever lead a Ring Cycle at the Bayreuth Festival. She drags every ounce of drama off the page and delivers it in vivid colour with supreme artistry and balance. It’s been 25 years since the Ring Cycle was performed in Sydney; Siegfried’s agonising and triumphant quest, with its visceral soundworld, makes this instalment unmissable.

In a pure musical experience, this epic story will be presented in concert, the full weight of the drama laid bare on stage. This grand-scale adventure is like nothing else, and will leave you transformed.