Anytime an opera company launches a new production of Wagner's epic four-opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, it's big news. But when that company is New York City's Metropolitan Opera and when the sets by Robert Lepage are so heavy they require extra beams under the stage it's really big news. Throw in the return of conductor James Levine and you've got the opera event of the fall. 9/27
The days are getting shorter, but there's still plenty to do. Take a spin through the best of the coming season