Provoking boos 25 years ago for radical stagings saturated with sex and violence, Calixto Bieito at age 61 has transformed ...

PARIS (AP) — Calixto Bieito turned introspective as he sat in a cafe across from the Opéra Bastille, where his production of the first night Wagner’s Ring Cycle was to premiere the following day.

Is it youth? Is it tactile? Invisible? For Wagner, the magic gold that is stolen from the bottom of the Rhine at the start of his four-opera “Ring” cycle, setting the plot in motion ...

Calixto Bieito Takes on Wagner's Ring Cycle, a Quarter Century After First Shocking Audiences PARIS (AP) — Calixto Bieito turned introspective as he sat in a cafe across from the Opéra Bastille ...

(Monika Rittershaus via AP) PARIS (AP) — Calixto Bieito turned introspective as he sat in a cafe across from the Opéra Bastille, where his production of the first night Wagner’s Ring Cycle ...

This 2014 photo shows Calixto Bieito, whose production of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" is performing at the Paris Opéra through Feb. 19. PARIS (AP) — Calixto Bieito turned introspective as he sat ...

a four-part talk on Wagner by expert Lionel Friend, and performances and screenings of The Ring. Leading Wagner soprano, Susan Bullock, will sing a full recital on day 2 at 7pm. But much as the ...