La Scala’s First ‘Ring’ in a Decade Passes the Wagnerian Flame

Two conductors — a mentor and a protégé, both trained as pianists — bring precision and lyricism to the first new staging of Wagner’s epic in a decade.

By David Belcher · The New York Times – World

Two conductors — a mentor and a protégé, both trained as pianists — bring precision and lyricism to the first new staging of Wagner’s epic in a decade.