Arcola Theatre and Hackney Empire announce the full cast and creatives for the dramatic conclusion of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, in Graham Vick’s and Jonathan Dove’s innovative reduction. Following on from the critically acclaimed productions of Das Rheingold at the Arcola Theatre in 2019 and Die Walküre last summer at Hackney Empire, the double bill of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung will take place this summer at Hackney Empire with performances on 6 and 7 August 2022.
For Siegfried, Julia Burbach directs Neal Cooper (Siegfried), Freddie Tong (Alberich), Mae Heydorn (Erda), Simon Wilding (Fafner), Paul Carey Jones (Wanderer), Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde), Colin Judson (Mime), Elizabeth Karani (Woodbird), Robin Whitehouse (Fafner’s Entourage), Henry Wright (Fafner’s Entourage) and Jamie Woollard (Fafner’s Entourage).
For Götterdämmerung, Burbach directs Freddie Tong (Alberich), Mae Heydorn (Flosshilde), Mark Le Brocq (Siegfried), Simon Wilding (Hagen), Angharad Lyddon (Waltraute), Lizzie Holmes (Woglinde), Bethan Mary Langford (Wellgunde), Simon Thorpe (Gunther), Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde), Lucy Anderson (Gutrune), Robin Whitehouse (Chorus Man), Henry Wright (Chorus Man) and Jamie Woollard (Chorus Men).
Creatives include Julia Burbach (Director), Peter Selwyn (Conductor), Bettina John (Set and Costume Designer), Robert Price (Lighting Designer), Mark Burns (Associate Director), John Shea (Assistant Conductor/Repetiteur), Kelvin Lim (Assistant Conductor/Repetiteur), Franciska Ery (First Associate Director), Cameron McMillan (Choreographer), Ingrid Shiel (Design Assistant), Felicitas Buder (Costume Supervisor), Josephine Tremelling (Production Manager), Martin John Bristow (Deputy Production Manager) and Christopher Moon-Little (Surtitles).
