Der Ring des Nibelungen - Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, Gotterdammerung, Royal Opera House, London
Royal Opera House, London: The Royal Opera is celebrating the Wagner anniversary early - 2013 marks 200 years since his birth - with four cycles of Keith Warner's Ring production. When this staging was launched in 2004/06, the designs by the late Stefanos Lazaridis (who died in 2010) led to some disappointment - unlike in the best of his work, the results often look cluttered and fussy, something unfortunately m…