200 words discussion 1
Review the clips from four very different versions of the same opera (remember, opera is just a different form of musical theatre!). The opera is Das Rheingold, the first in Wagner’s epic four-part, 15-hour Ring Cycle. What visual cues do you see that provide a sense of time, place, and character? Which production seems most interesting based on the staging? (For some helpful context for the videos, view this fun six-minute animated guide to Wagner’s The Ring and this even shorter 2.5 minute plot synopsis.)