Wagner's Ring Cycle too long? Try it in one second

At 16 hours of music across four operas, Wagner's Ring Cycle requires serious stamina. So here are some reduced versions of the epic, including one that comes in at a single secondWagner's Ring. The biggest musical behemoth of them all. (Well, except Stockhausen's Licht, Cage's 639-year long As Slow As Possible currently being played on an organ in Halberstadt). But as the Royal Opera prepares for its four complete cycles of Keith Warner's production of the 16-hour tetralogy, starting on Monday,...

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