In 2019, Opera Australia announced an ambitious new production of Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle Der Rings des Nibelungen, commonly known as the Ring Cycle, for Queensland in 2020. Of course, like so many other plans for 2020, the production fell victim to COVID-19 related health restrictions around live performance. The production was subsequently postponed until 2021. However, the reinstatement of those restrictions due to the rise of the Delta variant meant that the production had to be postponed, again. Now, OA has announced new dates for the production to make its debut in December 2023.

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“As disappointing as it was to have to postpone again this year, I’m heartened that this pandemic and all its restrictions will be well and truly behind us when we open in 2023, when international audiences will again be able to visit Brisbane,” said Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini. “It’s clear this spectacular new digital production of the Ring has captured the imagination of many fans around the world, so it’s very comforting to know it will...