Katy Tucker) and dramatic opening on the Rhine River. In their review, San Francisco Examiner called The Ring a “welcome journey” and noted the impressive mood-setting projections (S. Of course, for the true experience you should see all of them in order, to complete the cycle - and enjoy one of the most ambitious pieces of music, theater and stagecraft ever created. There are four parts to The Ring (each told over the course of a week as the original composer intended): Das Rheingold (June 12, 19 and 26), Das Walküre (June 13, 20 and 27), Siegfried (June 15, 22 and 29) and the conclusion with Götterdämmerung (June 17, 2 and July 1). 2011 ( premiere of new production by Francesca Zambello).This is San Francisco Opera’s 7th production of The Ring. And to so to me, you can’t get much more powerful than that.” Did you Know? But fundamentally it’s just a story of who we are.

At the end of the second opera, Das Walküre, the incredible moment when the god Wotan has to discipline his daughter and put her to asleep on a rock for the next 20 years.Īs Shilvock says, “And so where ever you are in your life there’s something in The Ring you can connect with in a very powerful way.

San Francisco general director Matthew Shilvock calls The Ring “the greatest story ever told in art.” Now the father of a 4-year old daughter he notes the personal significance one scene in particular has on him.

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