All 4 installments of the Met's "Ring" cycle will be shown in movie theaters around the world. In the US and Canada, the cycle begins May 9. Dates vary in other countries. The Metropolitan Opera will present worldwide movie theater screenings of Robert Lepage’s new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, as well as Wagner’s Dream, a new documentary chronicling the creation of this ambitious new staging . In the United States and Canada, the series will begin 7 May 2012 with a screening of the documentary, directed by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke, and continue on 9 May with Das Rheingold, the first opera in the cycle. The entire four-part Ring cycle and documentary will be screened in many countries this spring and summer. Tickets go on sale in the U.S. on Friday, March 30 and in Canada on Friday, April 6. To order tickets or get more information on screening times and locations, please visit www.metopera.org/liveinhd. Wagner’s Dream A documentary b
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