Wagner's Ring at the Semperoper
A week in Dresden, the much-restored jewel on the River Elbe, for this excellent revival of the Ring. John Lundgren sings Wotan and Andreas Shager is Siegfried.
This tour begins at the hotel allowing guests to plan their journey flexibly. All tickets to the operas are for very good seats in the stalls at first rank. Meals will be taken at the hotel, the opera house or at historic restaurants nearby.
Early booking is essential.
Day 1
This tour begins at the hotel. We meet at the Hotel Steigenburger du Saxe in the heart of the old town close to the Frauenkirche and the Residenz.
Dinner will be in the old town in an historic restaurant.
Day 2 Das Rheingold
After breakfast we take a tour of the historic centre and make a first visit to the Zwinger complex. The Old Masters gallery is particularly fine.
Free time in the afternoon before the first performance of the cycle at the Semperoper.
Conductor Christian Thielemann
Staging Willy Decker
Set Design Wolfgang Gussmann
Costume Design Wolfgang Gussmann, Frauke Schernau
Dramaturgy Klaus Bertisch
Cast for the cycle includes:
• Wotan John Lundgren
• Brünnhilde Lise Lindstrom
• Siegfried Andreas Shager
• Donner Lawson Anderson
• Froh Tansel Akzeybek
• Loge Daniel Behle
• Alberich Markus Marquardt
• Mime Jürgen Sacher
• Fasolt Georg Zeppenfeld
• Fafner Karl-Heinz Lehner
• Fricka Christa Mayer
• Erda Michal Doron
• Woglinde Evelin Novak
• Wellgunde Stepanka Pucalkova
• Floßhilde Simone Schröder
• Choir André Kellinghaus
Day 3 Die Walküre
After breakfast we visit the Residenzschloss including the remarkable treasures of the Green Vault.
After free time we will meet for an early evening performance of Die Walküre at 17h00.
A light meal is served during the first interval.
Day 4
Today we travel to Meissen, the home of porcelain, visiting the museum and the remarkable hilltop castle of the Albrechtsburg.
An optional evening performance at the Semperoper of Verdi’s Attila is available.
Day 5 Siegfried
Today we visit the Kügelgenhaus, the Museum of Dresden Romanticism. Later we visit the wonderfully restored Frauenkirche.
There is free time for lunch and browsing before the next stage of the cycle.
Tonight's performance of Siegfried begins at 17h00 and there will be an opera supper served during the first interval.
Day 6
A free day.
An optional trip to Colditz Castle may be arranged or a visit to Kurort Kipsdorf through the forest by steam railway may be attractive to some.
Day 7 Götterdämmerung
This morning we visit the collection of modern masters at the Albertinum.
There will be a free time before the final performance where the cycle reaches its culmination - Götterdämmerung.
An opera supper will be served in the first interval.
There will be a series of short talks in the hotel to prepare for each performance.
Day 8
Check out will be available after breakfast.
We will be happy to help with travel arrangements. There is a good range of inexpensive flights from the UK to Berlin airports and the journey from Berlin takes around two hours by the hourly comfortable express train. There is an airport at Dresden for connecting flights.
Flights are not included
Dates & Prices
4-11 February 2023
£2850 per person
Deposit £900
Accommodation
Hotel Steigenburger du Saxe
Dresden
Including bed & breakfast
Group Size
Between 6 and 10 people
What’s included
Tickets to all four operas in the cycle.
Very good seats in the stalls with good sightlines and excellent legroom
Dinner or opera supper on five nights
The hotel is close to all the historic sites in the old town and historic centre.
Entry to:
Zwinger Complex
Residenzschloss
Albertinum