Performer: Simone Schröder

Despite many perceptive details, Bayreuth's new Ring culminates in a rather damp squib of an ending.

The plot thickens as "episode two" of Bayreuth's new Ring muddies the waters of Siegfried’s paternity and Wotan comes to regret his actions.

The Bayreuth Festival's new Ring gets off to a promising start with a tautly directed Rheingold, but will we find out what it all means?