简介：Thestakescouldnotbehigherasoneofthetheater'sfineststagedirectorsteamsupwithoneoftheworld'sleadingoperacompaniestotackleopera'smostmonumentalchallenge:theproductionofWagner'sepicRingcycle-thefour-part,16-hourworkthatthecomposerfirstpresentedin1876.Forthepast130years,thequesttoproduceaperfectRinghasstymieddirectors,includingWagnerhimself,whostruggledtomeettheimmensetheatricaldemandsofhisowncreation.Thecosmicvisionofgodsandmortalsvyingforpoweranddestroyedbygreedcallsforastonishingstagevisualsoffirestorms,flyingwarriors,andunderwaterandheavenlyactions.…