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‘Ring’ of Conviction: David Ames sees Melbourne Opera strike gold in Bendigo’s former jail

‘Ring’ of Conviction: David Ames sees Melbourne Opera strike gold in Bendigo’s former jail

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Review of Der Ring des Nibelungen, directed Kram and Chaundy, conducted Negus, Ulumburra Theatre, Bendigo, Victoria, 2023.

November 2023, Volume 17, Number 3, 77–82.

Melbourne Opera’s presentation of the tetralogy was only the fifth production seen in Australia, the third fully Australian staging and the first in a regional city. It was given over three cycles in the 800-seat Ulumburra Theatre in the goldfields town of Bendigo, two hours’ drive from Melbourne, because a glut of musicals made it impossible to find a suitable Melbourne venue this year, or next.

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