The first instalment of GOTZ FRIEDRICH 'S production of Wagner's Ring cycle live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, (sung in German)
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
ORCHESTRA, conducted by BERNARD HAITINK Act
6.30 Gotz Friedrich and Antony Peattie discuss this production, and Barry Millington talks of Rings around the world.
7.15 Act 2
8.45 Nicholas Kenyon investigates the progress of the Garden Venture, launched by the Royal
Opera this May with the premieres of seven new chamber operas, and Gotz Friedrich talks with Antony Peattie about the relationships between the music and text of the opera and between the director and conductor.
9.30 Act 3