“Nonna, can we watch Das Reingold? I’ve read all about it” says Ari. “What? You want to listen to Wagner? Oh brother!” Replied Nonna. Thus began your eight hour marathon lying in bed with your grandmother watching the whole Ring Cycle non-stop. It’s what got you interested in being a super for Macbeth and Das Reingold at the SF Opera. It’s what inspired you to make a portfolio to enter into the School of the Arts High School and create a stage set of that very same Opera of Das Reingold you had been in.
