Whenever the Ring is staged in its entirety, it becomes a major international event—particularly at a world-renowned opera house such as the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden. From September 27 to October 12, two complete Ring Cycles directed by Christian Thielemann were presented in revival, with few cast changes from 2022. The Staatsoper closed for renovations in 2010, and the reopening didn’t occur until[...]
Despite the Covid-19 crisis, which caused the cancellation of the last two months of the Met’s 2019-2020 season, the company did manage to pull off three of eight scheduled performances […]