Brünnhilde Stops the Show: Michael Fuller hails the commencement of a new ‘Ring’ in Basel, and eagerly awaits its conclusion
Brünnhilde Stops the Show: Michael Fuller hails the commencement of a new ‘Ring’ in Basel, and eagerly awaits its conclusion
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Reviews of Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, directed von Peter and Cianfarini, conducted Nott, Basel, 2023.
March 2024, Volume 18, Number 1, 73–6.
The 2023–4 season at the Theater Basel opened with ‘Der Ring: ein Festival’, featuring performances of the first two parts of Wagner’s tetralogy alongside other works inspired by it. Preceding the Rheingold I attended was Matthew Herbert’s Rheinklang – ein Chorritual, a piece derived from the opening of Wagner’s work, performed by a large unaccompanied choir processing around the square outside the theatre. Siegfried and Götterdämmerung are scheduled to follow in a year’s time, with full cycles being performed in 2025.