27 hours. 4 parts. 28 years to create. Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is undeniably epic. Loni Stark heads to San Francisco Opera to learn about the production that has inspired much of today's modern culture including books, art and films such as Apocalypse Now, Alien: Covenant, and The Lord of the Rings.
FACTS ABOUT THE RING (THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG):
1876 - Year of First Performance
2,092 - Number of Pages of Music
24 - Number of Gods/Demigods
35 - Number of Principal Roles
16 ft. long, 2 tonnes - Size of Dragon
920 - Number of Liters of Liquid Nitrogen Used Nightly for Fog Effects
Thank you
Matthew Shilvock
Francesca Zambello
Julia Inouye
Tod Nixon
San Francisco Opera staff and crew
War Memorial Opera House staff and crew
City of San Francisco
SFO 2018 ring photos
Cory weaver
SFO ring photos
Courtesy San Francisco Opera
SFO ring video
Courtesy San Francisco Opera
Music
"System Intrusion (Version B)"
"Blade Running"
by martin Oller
"mars"
by Cedric Baravaglio
Jonathan M. Ochmann
Zdravko Djordjevic
Voiceover
Loni stark
Directed by
Clinton stark
Shot on Location
War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco, California
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