The 2024 Longborough Ring
2025 Ring cycle screenings
Don't miss your chance to experience the 2024 Ring cycle on the big screen.
In May 2025 we will be screening the full cycle, on the opening week of the 2025 festival. The screenings of Wagner's epic Der Ring des Nibelungen take place around the opening performances of Wahnfried, which was first premiered alongside the Karlsruhe Ring. Take in the complete Ring and the UK premiere of the astounding Wahnfried in a single week to full immerse yourself in the world of the Wagner family.
All screenings take place at Cidermill Theatre in Chipping Campden.
the Longborough Ring Cycle can proudly take its place beside any in the world
Prospect
Der Ring des Nibelungen (known as the Ring cycle) is a story of gods, giants and heroes, and their struggles for power. Wagner’s cycle is the most epic of tales, a monumental work of art with a score that is searing, desperate and sublime.
All productions in the 2024 cycle were created especially for Longborough by Amy Lane, Artistic Director of Copenhagen Opera Festival, and Longborough’s Music Director and eminent Wagnerian Anthony Negus.
Longborough has long been celebrated for its performances of Richard Wagner’s work. In Wagner’s bicentenary year of 2013 we were the only UK company to host a fully-staged cycle, described by The Times as “one of the summer’s most remarkable cultural achievements”.
The 2024 Ring was presented in three cycles:
Cycle I: 16 – 22 June 2024
Das Rheingold 16 June
Die Walküre 18 June
Siegfried 20 June
Götterdämmerung 22 June
Cycle II: 25 June – 30 June 2024
Das Rheingold 25 June
Die Walküre 26 June
Siegfried 28 June
Götterdämmerung 30 June
Cycle III: 4 – 9 July 2024
Das Rheingold 4 July
Die Walküre 5 July
Siegfried 7 July
Götterdämmerung 9 July
Remarkable performances and storytelling produce a visceral Ring cycle
Observer ★★★★
a very fine Walküre that strips back everything to its essentials
Telegraph ★★★★
these are cherished performances that no one should miss
Opera Today
Remarkable and worth the wait
i News ★★★★
this new Ring from the small but mighty opera company in the Cotswolds will be one to remember
The Stage ★★★★★
A performance to justify Longborough’s reputation as the Bayreuth of the Cotswolds
MusicOMH ★★★★
you’ll emerge back into the rolling Gloucestershire countryside transformed by the experience
The Times ★★★★
a rapport between orchestra and cast that simply took your breath away
Classical Source
goes from strength to strength...an adrenalin-charged production
The Stage ★★★★★
consistently enthralling and sometimes revelatory
Bachtrack ★★★★
Wagner’s vision fully realised, and on a suitably epic scale
Opera Now ★★★★
Longborough delivers a magical Ring to conclude five years of diligent planning
Seen and Heard
a daring, innovative Ring cycle
Opera magazine
this year’s triumphant Ring marks a festival season that will remain a benchmark in Longborough’s history
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