Which 1854 opera was the first in Wagner's Ring Cycle?
Seattle Opera performances of the works of Richard Wagner, including the "Ring" cycle. In 1975, it was the first American company to perform the cycle in its entirety over the space of a week since the Metropolitan Opera did it in 1939. Beginning with a production of "Die Walküre" one year, and following successively each year with "Siegfried" and, finally, "Götterdämmerung", Ross announced in 1975 that "Das Rheingold" would precede the others to make up the first consecutive Ring Cycle over six days in July. In spite of the modernization of the opera productions which Ross found at the Bayreuth Festival, Seattle's
Pappano's Essential Ring Cycle Pappano's Essential Ring Cycle Pappano's Essential Ring Cycle is a British television documentary first aired on BBC Four in 2013 presented by the Italian conductor Antonio Pappano about the German composer Richard Wagner and his tetralogical opera The Ring Cycle, also called by the formal title of "Ring of the Niebelung". In 90 minutes he covers all 4 operas consisting of Wagner's Ring Cycle with scenes taken from his productions of the operas. Included in the programme are interviews with opera singers, notably John Tomlinson who has sung the principal character Wotan numerous times. Under Pappano he has sung the