Berlin books open-ended new Ring

Berlin books open-ended new Ring

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norman lebrecht

March 23, 2015

The Deutsche Oper has announced plans to pack away Götz Friedrich’s claustrophobic Ring cycle, dating from 1984, and replace it with a new vision by the Norwegian Stefan Herheim, opening in 2020.

The Friedrich Ring was memorably set in a tunnel, a metaphor for Cold War tensions and terrors in the divided city.

friedrich tunnel ring

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