If you were unfortunate enough to miss the Prom's Ring cycle in the summer, fear not. During December BBC Radio 3 will rebroadcast it in its entirety. Very, highly recommended.
Monday 23 Dec 2013
7.02pm–9.45pm
Das Rheingold (160 mins)
(concert performance; sung in German)
- Iain Paterson baritone (Wotan)
- Stephan Rügamer tenor (Loge)
- Jan Buchwald baritone, Proms debut artist (Donner)
- Marius Vlad tenor, Proms debut artist (Froh)
- Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
- Anna Samuil soprano (Freia)
- Anna Larsson mezzo-soprano (Erda)
- Johannes Martin Kränzle baritone (Alberich)
- Peter Bronder tenor (Mime)
- Eric Halfvarson bass (Fafner)
- Aga Mikolaj soprano (Woglinde)
- Maria Gortsevskaya mezzo-soprano (Wellgunde)
- Anna Lapkovskaja mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Flosshilde)
- Staatskapelle Berlin
- Daniel Barenboim conductor
Tuesday 24 Dec 2013
7.00pm–11.00pm
Die Walküre (225 mins)(concert performance; sung in German)
- Bryn Terfel bass-baritone (Wotan)
- Simon O'Neill tenor (Siegmund)
- Anja Kampe soprano, Proms debut artist (Sieglinde)
- Eric Halfvarson bass (Hungding)
- Nina Stemme soprano (Brünnhilde)
- Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
- Danielle Halbwachs soprano, Proms debut artist (Gerhilde)
- Carola Höhn soprano, Proms debut artist (Ortlinde)
- Ivonne Fuchs mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Waltraute)
- Anaïk Morel mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Schwertleite)
- Susan Foster soprano, Proms debut artist (Helmwige)
- Leann Sandel-Pantaleo mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Siegrune)
- Anna Lapkovskaja mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Grimgerde)
- Simone Schröder mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Rossweisse)
- Staatskapelle Berlin
- Daniel Barenboim conductor
Thursday Dec 26 2013
7.00pm–11.30pm
Siegfried (238 mins)(concert performance; sung in German)
- Lance Ryan tenor, Proms debut artist (Siegfried)
- Nina Stemme soprano (Brünnhilde)
- Terje Stensvold baritone (Wanderer)
- Peter Bronder tenor (Mime)
- Johannes Martin Kränzle baritone (Alberich)
- Eric Halfvarson bass (Fafner)
- Rinnat Moriah soprano, Proms debut artist (Woodbird)
- Anna Larsson mezzo-soprano (Erda)
- Staatskapelle Berlin
- Daniel Barenboim conductor
Friday 27 Dec 2013
7.02pm–12.30am
Götterdämmerung (259 mins)
(concert performance; sung in German)
- Nina Stemme soprano (Brünnhilde)
- Andreas Schager tenor, Proms debut artist (Siegfried)
- Mikhail Petrenko bass (Hagen)
- Gerd Grochowski baritone (Gunther)
- Anna Samuil soprano (Guntrune/ Third Norn)
- Johannes Martin Kränzle baritone (Alberich)
- Waltraud Meier mezzo-soprano (Waltraute/ Second Norn)
- Margarita Nekrasova mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (First Norn)
- Aga Mikolaj soprano (Woglinde)
- Maria Gortsevskaya mezzo-soprano (Wellgunde)
- Anna Lapkovskaja mezzo-soprano, Proms debut artist (Flosshilde)
- Royal Opera Chorus
- Staatskapelle Berlin
- Daniel Barenboim conductor
