This summer, the LA Opera will give the first-ever presentation in Los Angeles of Richard Wagner's four-part, 17-hour epic "The Ring of the Nibelung." Accompanying the ambitious $32 million production is Ring Festival LA, featuring a variety of "Ring"-related programming involving 115 cultural organizations throughout Southern California.
Some of the offerings during the 10-week event include discussions about Wagner's work and ideology, a screening of the Bugs Bunny parody What's Opera, Doc? and lectures on the opera's Norse mythology. Ring Festival LA runs from April 15– June 30.
Guests:
Barry Sanders, Leader, Ring Festival LA, and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Opera
James Conlon, Music Director of the LA Opera