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Art That Shook the World: Richard Wagner: The Ring Cycle

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Conductors Zubin Mehta and Pierre Boulez and singer John Tomlinson contribute as Michael Portillo examines Wagner's opera epic Der Ring des Nibelungen, and its controversial sexual and political overtones.

(Michael Portillo introduces the Royal Opera House's new production of the Ring Cycle on Easter Day)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Portillo
Interviewee:
Zubin Mehta
Interviewee:
Pierre Boulez
Interviewee:
John Tomlinson
Director/Producer:
Michael Waldman
Source: Radio Times

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