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"Beg, borrow or be like Wotan and steal a ticket for this show as it tours the northern England. And if you miss out, make sure you catch the rest of Opera North's Ring as it unfolds over the next four years"
"Even more admirable is the quality of the performance. Farnes has done many fine things at Opera North, but his pacing of this 150-minute sweep of music, his care about balance...and the sumptuousness of the orchestral textures - all this constitutes a massive achievement." Richard Morrison, The Times
"The orchestra play as if inspired, and with an accuracy that often surpasses some ensembles that are ostensibly more familiar with this music."
"...this was one of the most enthralling Wagner performances of recent years" Tim Ashley, The Guardian
"You forget that you're in Leeds on a Saturday night, so engaging is the effect, and only occasionally do you notice the presence of more than 100 grinning musicians sitting behind the cast, visibly delighted at just how well the whole thing works."
"Richard Farnes's inspirational conducting is perfectly paced and he's not afraid to let his augmented forces let rip and fill the hall with sound, whether it's with 10 clanking anvils, six harps or contrabass trombone. It's skilfully balanced, and the singers are never overwhelmed.'" Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk
"...the massive applause that erupted at the performance's end proved that yet again Wagner has worked his magic as both composer and storyteller."
"The chief medium of this alchemy was the conductor Richard Farnes, relatively new to this repertory but already a master of its narrative ebb and flow." Rupert Christiansen, The Daily Telegraph
"Outstanding are Nicholas Folwell, who brings vivid singing and characterisation (and a wealth of experience) to the role of Alberich, and Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke whose sneeringly cynical Loge is equally precise vocally and in gesture" Ron Simpson, Whatsonstage
