WAGNER'S ETERNAL RING: THE COMPLETE PRODUCTION AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

A beautifully produced volume celebrating Wagner s Ring in full-page color photographs, and complete with historical materials from the Metropolitan Opera s archives. In this unique volume, Nancy Ellison captures James Levine s and Otto Schenk s landmark production of The Ring of the Nibelung as it was performed in full for the last time at the Metropolitan Opera in 2009. Wagner s Ring is a supreme challenge for any opera company, and no other staging matches the spirit of romanticism of Schenk s vision, which is based on original notes written by Wagner. Ellison presents the world s greatest operatic journey in a visual progression that leads readers through the complete narrative of each music drama: Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung.