Ring Cycle

Wagner’s epic cycle concludes with acts of betrayal, murder, vengeance, and, finally, the destruction of the world. Video

Erica Challis takes us through the story and music of the third of Wagner's four Ring Cycle operas. Audio

The action of Das Rheingold takes place in mythic locales below and above the earth: the depths of the Rhine, on mountaintops, and in the caves of the toiling dwarves. Video