Gearing up for another Ring Cycle.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
I wasn't all that enthusiastic about seeing the Ring again.
I'll admit that in the buildup to the 2010 premiere of the Metropolitan Opera's new Robert Lepage production of Der Ring der Nibelungen, I was excited, even enthusiastic. I had enjoyed the concerts and theatrical productions that I'd seen him put on: Peter Gabriel's Growing Up tour, the Met's fully staged 2008 Le Damnation de Faust and Cirque de Soleil's Ka in Las Vegas.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
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| Siegfried (Jay Hunter Morris, left) rows up the Rhine as the Gibichungs look on. Act I, Scene 1 of the Met's production of Götterdämmerung. Photo by Ken Howard © 2012 The Metropolitan Opera. |
I'll admit that in the buildup to the 2010 premiere of the Metropolitan Opera's new Robert Lepage production of Der Ring der Nibelungen, I was excited, even enthusiastic. I had enjoyed the concerts and theatrical productions that I'd seen him put on: Peter Gabriel's Growing Up tour, the Met's fully staged 2008 Le Damnation de Faust and Cirque de Soleil's Ka in Las Vegas.
