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A strong start for San Francisco Opera's Ring

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“Donald Runnicles... delivered Wagner’s music as I have never heard it before”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 19 June 2018
Wagner, Das Rheingold
San Francisco Opera
Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
Michael Yeargan, Set Designer
Catherine Zuber, Costume Designer
Greer Grimsley, Wotan
Jamie Barton, Fricka
Štefan Margita, Loge
Falk Struckmann, Alberich
David Cangelosi, Mime
Ronnita Miller, Erda
Lauren McNeese, Wellgunde
Stacey Tappan, Woglinde
Renée Tatum, Flosshilde
Brandon Jovanovich, Froh
Brian Mulligan, Donner
Raymond Aceto, Fafner
Andrea Silvestrelli, Fasolt
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****1
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****1
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