The Ring of the Nibelung (Full Cycle) at San Francisco Opera

Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts three complete cycles of Richard Wagner's four-opera Ring of the Nibelung, spanning Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, in Francesca Zambello's visually spectacular staging. The cast is led by Tamara Wilson as Brünnhilde, Brian Mulligan as Wotan, and Simon O'Neill as Siegfried, with Falk Struckmann, Julie Adams, Christopher Sokolowski, Judit Kutasi, Brenton Ryan, Zhengyi Bai, John Relyea, Kwangchul Youn, Lauri Vasar, Annika Schlicht, Sadie Cheslak, Sofia Gotch, Mary Hoskins, Laura Krumm and Taylor Raven. The Ring relates the creation of the world, the corrupting influence of an all-powerful ring, and a heroine's sacrifice that makes possible a new beginning.