Der Ring des Nibelungen

Der Ring des Nibelungen

From February 2012, the Bavarian State Opera will be staging the "greatest challenge for any opera house" (Nikolaus Bachler) – Richard Wagner's world drama Der Ring des Nibelungen – within just five months. Before the world commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great composer in 2013, General Director Nikolaus Bachler is shining the spotlight for the rest of the 2011/2012 season clearly on Wagner. The complete tetralogy will be shown in two cycles during the Munich Opera Festival in July 2012 (3-8 July/ 10-15 July) Director Andreas Kriegenburg is responsible for the new production, and General Music Director Kent Nagano will be conducting his first fully staged Ring from the rostrum of the Bavarian State Orchestra.