Listen to the music – recommended CD’s for young people
Wagner: The “Ring” Without Words – http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Ring-Without-Words-Richard/dp/B000003CUJ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1RC93WRG6U6EI&colid=2WQTKCP0L1VRK
Wagner, The Best of the Ring – http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Best-Ring-Richard/dp/B0000041EJ/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1328447710&sr=1-3
Wagner: Orchestral Music – http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Orchestral-Herbert-von-Karajan/dp/B0001O3YG2/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b
See three completely different staging concepts in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles:
1. The Metropolitan Opera Ring Mini-site – http://ringcycle.metoperafamily.org/
2. Behind the Scenes of San Francisco’s Ring Cycle (Youtube) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rko525vRT58
3. Los Angeles Opera’s Ring Cycle (YouTube) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAi0rzUkhpA
New York Times webcast Wagner’s Ring Cycle 101– http://www.nytimesknownow.com/index.php/wagners-ring-cycle-101/
Wagner Society of New York – http://www.wagnersocietyny.org/