Das Rheingold at the ROH – reviewed

Royal Opera House, LondonIt has been said too often that a complete staging of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is the hardest thing an opera company can undertake, but it's true – and how. The Royal Opera has just begun its revival of Keith Warner's production, a sprawling, Ibsenesque staging from the heady days before the recession, which first came together in its entirety in 2007. The severe black marble sets designed by the late Stefanos Lazaridis will take over the main stage until Novem...

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