[San Jacinto]

Now there is $6 million dollars well spent. LOL!

[Buck W.]

"Das Rheingold, the first part of the Wagner's Ring Cycle, made its debut in 1876."

Mein Ring ist Rheingold das dry Ring...

[BenLurkin]

[good old days]

Ping

[kiriath_jearim]

"Yeah, I use Wagner -- scares the hell out of the slopes! My boys love it !" ***

[CholeraJoe]

Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit.

[Cyclopean Squid]

If the Ring isn't a successful production, it will surely be Goetterdaemmerung for the Opera Company.

[Grendel9]

IMO, these two philanthropists spent
their money on a worthy endeavor.
I wore out my old records of
the trilogy years ago and bought
it on DVD's. Still listen to it
at least once a year. Having the
libretto to follow along is also
great.
If the LA Opera Company videotapes/
records the live performances, you
can bet there will be many customers
for a copy of the finished production.
Even if it went for only $200 a pop,
they'd make a profit.

[MplsSteve]

Interesting.

I'm not much of an opera fan - probably because I can't understand a damn thing they're saying - but "The Ring" sounds like it could be quite interesting.

[RightWhale]

Too much brass. Sounds like Mexican pop.

[Gingersnap]

I would attend this. If DVDs of the production are sold, I'll buy the set.

Finally, a couple of cultural do-gooders who are actually doing some cultural good.

[ExpatCanuck]

Finally, someone is doing something for us poor opera fans. Everywhere you turn someone is collecting money for this disease or that one, homeless animals, or child burn victims, or some such nonsense or other.

Thank goodness we will no longer have to put up with sub-standard, underfunded performances of Der Ring des Nibelunger.

:)

[antiRepublicrat]

Oh, yeah!

[VOA]

Tenor Placido Domingo, who is general director of the opera company,
thanked Eli and Edythe Broad - who made money from house building -
for the donation.

I guess "progressive" Angelenos will forgive Broad's killing all those
trees and contributing to "non-smart" urban sprawl...
for a $6 million donation?

Or maybe it's an "indulgence" for all that dirty, evil money Broad will
be making in the future?

Not knocking opera...just noting the hyprocrisy of the progressive and
arts crowd in LA!

[Capt_Hank]

My favorite..... I even named my best shooting pistol (1911), "Woton" and the ugly Glock, "Brunhilda".

[TexanToTheCore]

Man, it would be great if Bryn Terfel was in the cast. What voice and presence.

[Larry Lucido]

I can't afford the admission, so I have to settle on Wagner's Ring Tone.