09 Mar 2010
Das Rheingold, Paris Opera (Bastille)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2747beac-2b9c-11df-a5c7-00144feabdc0.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2747beac-2b9c-11df-a5c7-00144feabdc0.html
By Francis Carlin [Financial Times, 9 March 2010]
Das Rheingold has been a long wait. The Paris Opera has not seen a full Ring cycle since 1957. Now, Nicolas Joel has embarked on a new cycle over two seasons with a first, very mixed, result.