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The Atlanta Opera Announces the Atlanta Opera Ring Festival 2029

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026

The Atlanta Opera today announced its milestone Ring Festival 2029, presenting two complete cycles of Richard Wagner’s epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in June 2029. This festival marks a triumphant new chapter in a journey that started in 2023 when The Atlanta Opera began presenting each of the four Ring operas over four seasons to Atlanta audiences for the first time, earning critical acclaim and regional renown. 

The festival will feature the acclaimed productions directed by Tomer Zvulun and conducted by Principal Conductor Iván López Reynoso. Two full cycles will be offered, providing audiences the rare opportunity to experience Wagner’s complete mythic saga — from the theft of the Rhine gold to the twilight of the gods — in a single week.
LINK to Ring 2029.

Conceived not only as a landmark artistic event but as an international cultural destination, Ring Festival 2029 will welcome audiences from across the United States and abroad to Atlanta. Festival programming beyond the mainstage performances will place a special spotlight on The Atlanta Opera’s future home, the Molly Blank Center for Opera and the Arts, currently under development along the Atlanta Beltline corridor and scheduled to open in Fall 2027.
The new facility will serve as a vibrant hub for festival events, including recitals, lectures, public conversations, community gatherings, and immersive artistic experiences designed to deepen engagement with Wagner’s epic work while introducing visitors to the company’s expanding artistic footprint. Situated on the thriving neighborhood connector, the Atlanta Beltline, the Molly Blank Center reflects The Atlanta Opera’s long-term vision of linking world-class artistic creation with the cultural and civic life of the city.


“Ring Festival 2029 is a transformative moment for us and for Atlanta. The first completely new Ring cycle in America in the 2020s. The first Ring ever presented in the American Southeast. And it’s happening in a city that has proven, time and time again, that it belongs on the world stage. This festival will bring international artists, music lovers, and cultural travelers to Atlanta from across the country and around the globe as we create a full civic celebration. From the Cobb Center to our new home on Atlanta’s Beltline, the Molly Blank Center for Opera and the Arts, we will create a cultural gathering place, where performances, surrounding events, and the warmth of our city come together around one of music’s greatest masterworks.

The art, the conversation, the community. This is what The Atlanta Opera was built for.”
— Tomer Zvulun

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

CYCLE ONE

Saturday, June 9, 2029   Das Rheingold

Sunday, June 10, 2029   Die Walküre

Tuesday, June 12, 2029   Siegfried

Thursday, June 14, 2029   Götterdämmerung  (Twilight of the Gods)

CYCLE TWO

Saturday, June 16, 2029   Das Rheingold

Sunday, June 17, 2029   Die Walküre

Tuesday, June 19, 2029   Siegfried

Thursday, June 21, 2029   Götterdämmerung  (Twilight of the Gods)

All performances at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, Georgia.

ARTISTIC TEAM

Production & Stage Direction:  Tomer Zvulun

Conductor:  Iván López Reynoso

Scenic & Projection Design:  Erhard Rom

Costume Design:  Mattie Ulrich

Lighting Design:  Robert Wierzel

Wig & Makeup Design:  Anne Nesmith
Live Action Director: Ran Arthur Braun

Presented by:  The Atlanta Opera

Venue:  Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre