Wagner's Dream: watch clips from the new documentary

Susan Froemke's documentary follows Robert Lepage's five-year journey as he stages Wagner's Ring Cycle for New York's Metropolitan OperaWagner's four-part 16-hour Ring Cycle is one of opera's most monumental challenges. Visionary director Robert Lepage has been on a five-year journey to create the most ambitious staging in Metropolitan Opera history, featuring a 90,000-pound set (c 41 tonnes) that was known as "the Machine" designed to realise all of Wagner's scenic instructions.This documentary...

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