Trail-blazing conductor Simone Young is set to be the first Australian and first woman to conduct Wagner's epic 15-hour Ring Cycle at its home in Bayreuth, Germany.
Australian conductor Simone Young has been smashing glass ceilings since she first stepped on the Sydney Opera House podium in 1985.
But for musicians, "Bayreuth was the theatre where the full Ring Cycle was performed for the first time," Young says. "It the mecca for Wagner performers and audience."The Ring Cycle is a story about power, fought between heroes, giants and gods in an epic that rivals The Lord Of The Rings. Although Young is making history as the first woman to conduct the full Ring Cycle at Bayreuth, "the audience won't actually see me," Young says.
There are many ways to experience Wagner's Ring Cycle: as a staged opera, in concert and on the cinematic screen.There are staged performances in Australia – the last one was presented by Opera Australia in Brisbane in 2023. You can also catch cinema versions of international productions, or hear the music in concert performances.
De Soysa feels that concert versions put much more emphasis on the pure musical aspects of the work, as opposed to full productions with costumes, props and sets.
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