Rockport Music presents: Wagner's Dream, a new documentary

The stakes could not be higher as one of the theater’s finest stage directors teams up with one of the world’s leading opera companies to tackle opera’s most monumental challenge: a new production of Wagner’s Ring cycle—the four-part, 16-hour work that the composer first presented in 1876. Wagner’s Dream takes you deep into the artistic and musical challenges of the epic work. An intimate look at the challenges of live theater and the risks that must be taken, the film chronicles the tremendous creativity… Show more and unflagging determination behind this daring attempt to realize Wagner’s dream of a perfect Ring.

Estimated running time: 1 hour, 55 minutes

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