Something With a ‘Ring’ to It
Cycle II represented an embarrassment of musical riches.
Stuart Skelton
17 pieces since 2013 — in 4 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
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4
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5
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14
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By role
4 pieces as Siegmund — stats above show all coverage for Stuart Skelton.
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Oh my goddess!
Die Walküre crystallizes the cycle’s questions, ideas, and stakes.
Gold diggers
Das Rheingold is the outlier among the Ring operas, an ensemble work with a fast-shifting plot, animated dialogue, fewer set pieces and less character development.
By Adriel
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Bark, not Bayreuth
Is Der Ring des Nibelungen responsible for the transformation of Seattle from a gray, damp, low-rise Boeing company town where half the jokes had punchlines in Norwegian (and were about lutefisk in any case) into today's booming cultural metropolis? I like to think so.