Richard Wagner’s four-part opera epic will play at London’s Coliseum over several years
It is the Mount Everest of opera, with about 16 hours of
music and an epic story of power, love and destruction which collectively represents the ultimate challenge for any company willing to take it on.
Some might say tackling Richard Wagner’s four-part Ring Cycle during a pandemic is folly. English National Opera, announcing the plan on Wednesday, believes the opposite and wants to return to live performance with a bang.