Opera North's 2016 performance of Wagner's Ring Cycle on BBC iplayer

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I listened to some of it when it was listenable via the Radio One site, and it was literally the best Ring I've ever heard. They took it down before I got to listen to more than Das Rheingold, though.

I wish I could listen to the whole thing, or watch the video, but BBC iPlayer videos are only viewable in the UK.
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You could try using a virtual private network.

Legally dubious though!


You're my wife now.

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BBC got hip to those a while ago and blocks them somehow. (You can Google that -- a lot of expats, travelers, and Brits stationed abroad bemoan the fact that their VPN attempts to view the iPlayer no longer work.)
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Ah, OK. Pity!



You're my wife now.

I didn't watch the whole thing - I found the double exposures and split screen an irritating barrier to the performances, and found it a little dull when we first got to meet Wotan etc. but I did hear it from the other room and it sounded bloody good. I popped back a bit later and was knocked out by Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke as Loge. He was totally "in" the role. Consummate singing and performing - especially in a production that really needed that sort of commitment - I regretted not staying in front of the box just to see him in action. His final cackle wasn't half spine tingling too, counterpointing the start of the luscious orchestral coda.


Call me Ishmael...