The company presented its first presentation of Richard Wagner's complete "Der Ring des Nibelungen" in the summer of 2010. New productions of "Das Rheingold" and "Die Walküre" were performed in early 2009, followed by "Siegfried" (September–October 2009) and "Götterdämmerung" (April 2010). Three full cycles were produced from May 29 through June 26, 2010, accompanied by the citywide "Ring Festival LA". The innovative production was directed and designed by German theater artist Achim Freyer and conducted by James Conlon. The principal artists included Linda Watson, Vitalij Kowaljow, Michelle DeYoung, Plácido Domingo, John Treleaven, Graham Clark, Richard Paul Fink, Eric Halfvarson, Alan Held and Jennifer Wilson, among others.