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Why do we LOVE the Ring Cyle?
It’s the dwarves.
This post originally appeared on The Opera Snob.
Recently, the “Green Ring” version of the Ring Cycle just finished up its second run (out of three this year) in Seattle. My broke self couldn’t afford to trek up to the Emerald City to see it, so I’ve been reading the reviews and pining away.
As a fan and an unofficial critic, I am dying to see the Ring Cycle live. At least once in my life, if not twice.
You know, to compare performances.
But as a result of having to miss “Ring Season,” I’ve started thinking a lot about what makes the Ring Cycle such a desirable event to attend.
I definitely what to hear YOUR answers to this question, readers (all four of you). Especially from those of you who have seen the Ring more than once.
What makes someone so willing to sit down for hours on end, seeing an opera with so many characters you need a flowchart to understand them all.
A briefer for people who aren’t familiar with the Ring cycle: It a collection of four operas, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung.
The main arch of the story centers around the ring of the Niebelungen, a dwarf-like species. It is an object of power, that grants “measureless…
