Acclaim & Articles
Date Media Outlet Article title
07/16/2010 Huffington Post Ring Festival LA: The Legacy
06/28/2010 Los Angeles Times Critic's Notebook: A 'Ring' renaissance
06/28/2010 The Times Quotidian Romancing the Ring
06/21/2010 Los Angeles Times 'Gangsta Wagner' puts a hip-hop spin on the 'Ring' cycle at Grand Performances
06/20/2010 New York Times Los Angeles Opera Company’s ‘Ring’ Festival
06/09/2010 Pasadena Star-News Wagner symposium to be part of `Ring' festival
06/08/2010 Likely Impossibilities City of Nibelungs
06/06/2010 Robert D. Thomas/Class Act AROUND TOWN/MUSIC: Wagner symposim at the Huntington and "Loge" recital
05/28/2010 The Huffington Post All Right, Mr. DeMille, Ready for the Close-Up
05/27/2010 UCLA Daily Bruin Schoenberg's tribute to Ring Festival LA
05/26/2010 The Wall Street Journal The Last Superstar Tenor
05/26/2010 Cal State San Bernardino News Music, museum come together in 'Timeless Enchantment'
05/23/2010 Los Angeles Times Music review: Jacaranda finds Wagner's musical connections
05/23/2010 LA List Classical Pick of the Week: All Wagner All Week Long
05/22/2010 Culture Spot LA Classical Focus, May 22
05/22/2010 Los Angeles Times A day in the life of 'Ring' conductor James Conlon
05/22/2010 Cultural Cocktail Hour Ring Festival June Highlights
05/22/2010 Los Angeles Times Scene & Heard: 'The Light of the Valkyries' debuts
05/21/2010 Mickie's Zoo Universal Acclaim
05/21/2010 LA Mag The Last Superstar Tenor
05/21/2010 Blog Downtown Now Hitting Downtown's Stages
05/20/2010 UCLA News Room UCLA welcomes LA Opera's James Conlon to Royce Hall as part of Ring Festival LA
05/19/2010 The Huffington Post Ho-jo-to-ho! High Art And Pop Culture Put a Ring on It, LA Style
05/18/2010 Robert D. Thomas/Class Act COUNTDOWN TO “THE RING” — Part 7: Preparing for the “Ring” — planning your schedule
05/17/2010 Jim Hill Media “What’s Opera, Doc?” celebrates the marriage of animation and classical music
05/17/2010 Robert D. Thomas/Class Act AROUND TOWN/MUSIC: Ten things you may not know about Wagner's "Ring"
05/16/2010 Los Angeles Times Critic's Notebook: L.A. gets an in-depth look at complex and contradictory Wagner
05/16/2010 Los Angeles Times Richard Wagner's 'Ring Cycle'
05/15/2010 All About Jazz 'Ring' Cycle Parodies Thrive on YouTube
05/15/2010 Los Angeles Times LA Opera's 'Ring' cycle gets ready to roll
05/13/2010 Huffington Post Barry A. Sanders: Ring Festival Fever
05/13/2010 LA Progressive The Great Reckoning of Ragnorak: Wagner, Valhalla, Wall Street and the Twilight of Capitalism's Gods
05/10/2010 Examiner Los Angeles to become creative capital of the world on May 23!
05/06/2010 Los Angeles Times Screening Room: Films tied to the Ring Festival and 'The 39 Steps' on stage
05/06/2010 Cal State San Bernardino News The enduring power of Wagner's 'Ring'
05/04/2010 LA Opus Verdi Contra Wagner?
05/04/2010 Huffington Post Festivals Within a Festival
05/04/2010 UCLA Today Campus to contribute to Wagner's Ring Festival LA
05/01/2010 Pasadena Star-News Lights go on for local arts at Pasadena Playhouse
05/01/2010 Pasadena Star-News Gaining perspective on Wagner's 'The Ring'
04/30/2010 DogTown Gris Gris LA Opera Ring Festival - Double G Presents Gangster Wagner
04/27/2010 Broadway World AMPAS Hosts 'What's Opera, Doc? Animation and Classical Music,' Workshop, 5/14
04/27/2010 Huffington Post A Different Kind of Festival
04/27/2010 Culture Spot LA Reflections on LA Opera’s Ring Cycle
04/26/2010 CS Monitor Richard Wagner: He broke the rules and inspired generations to come
04/26/2010 Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena Playhouse to host Lyric Opera
04/25/2010 Daily News Gone are the horned helmets in Wagner's 'Ring,' but are new ways always better?
04/24/2010 Daily News Aurora gets Wagnerian tint at Griffith Observatory
04/23/2010 Los Angeles Times Ring Festival: 'Invisible Siegfrieds' are more invisible than expected
04/23/2010 Daily Blog at Dwell Ring Around San Pedro
04/23/2010 HelloLosAngeles.com Ring Festival LA: Considering Wagner Event
04/22/2010 LA Opus Give Me Libertine or Give Me Death: Wagner's early opera Das Liebesverbot produced by USC Thornton School
04/22/2010 kcrw.com LA's Ears are Ringing
04/21/2010 Los Angeles Times In opera and in hockey, it's not over till...
04/21/2010 Los Angeles Times There's a Wagner in town and it's not the "Ring"
04/20/2010 Los Angeles Times Ring Festival LA: USC Thornton Opera opts for Wagner's obscure second opera, 'Das Liebesverbot'
04/20/2010 Robert D. Thomas / Class Act COUNTDOWN TO "THE RING" - Part 3: The Power of the "Ring," or what makes "normal" people come to the opera wearing Viking helmets?
04/20/2010 Southern California Public Radio 'Invisible Siegfrieds' march as part of Ring Festival
04/20/2010 Huffington Post Ring Around Los Angeles
04/19/2010 LA List Pencil This In: Maestro James Conlon at [ALOUD]
04/18/2010 Fine Arts LA Opera Inspires Art: Wagner's Legendary Imprint on German Expressionism
04/17/2010 Examiner Ring Festival - largest cultural festival in 25 years - opens at LACMA
04/16/2010 American Chronicle 'Rock painter' unites with LA Opera
04/16/2010 University of La Verne's Campus Times Commentary: Opera is no longer intimidating
04/16/2010 Los Angeles Times Weekend Top 10
04/15/2010 Fine Arts LA Das Ring Festival ist Upon Us
04/15/2010 Los Angeles Times A gathering at LACMA -- and Ring Festival LA officially begins
04/15/2010 Brand X How Ann Magnuson gott her dammerung on (and became a Wagner groupie)
04/15/2010 Los Angeles Times ‘Invisible Siegfrieds’ join the L.A. Ring Festival parade
04/15/2010 California Chronicle Verdi Chorus to present Wagner & Verdi: Opposing Roads to Greatness as part of Ring Festival LA
04/14/2010 Art Center College of Design's The Dotted Line Saturday High Participates in Humanitas Arts Festival
04/14/2010 Review Fix Sundance Institute Presents Sing Faster: The Stagehand's Ring Cycle as part of Ring Festival LA
04/14/2010 Southern California Public Radio Ring Festival LA presents Wagner's epic opera

04/10/2010

 Los Angeles Times From 'The Mighty Thor' to 'Xena: Warrior Princess,' Wagner's influence runs deep in superhero land
04/10/2010 Class Act STORY AND LINKS: A VERY full week for classical music lovers
04/9/2010 Daily News Put a 'Ring' on it for opera buffs
04/09/2010 LA Downtown News Ring Around Los Angeles: Festival Goes Beyond Wagner’s Epic and Explores the Music and The Man, Warts and All
04/08/2010 Los Angeles Times Another look at the legends that inspired Wagner's 'Ring' operas
04/06/2010 Jewish Journal For many Jews, it’s a hate-love relationship with the anti-Semitic composer
04/06/2010 The Press-Enterprise Cal State San Bernardino joins in Ring Festival LA with new exhibit
04/06/2010 Los Angeles Times 'Ring' Survival Guide: Tips for first-timers
04/04/2010 The Free Library Months-long Ring Festival aims to be a show topper
04/04/2010 Huffington Post A Touch of Irony in LA Opera's Final "Ring" Entry
04/2010 Mount St. Mary's College RFLA Seminar Website Seminar at MSMC about the LA Ring Festival 2010
04/2010 Los Angeles Times RING FESTIVAL LA Your guide to Wagner's 'Ring' operas and the county's cultural festival
03/21/2010 Los Angeles Times L.A. Opera and its $32-million Ring
03/18/2010 Opera Chick James Conlon: "We’re All Crippled by Our Own Egos": The Opera Chic Interview
3/18/2010 CSU San Bernardino Press Release 'TIMELESS ENCHANTMENT' EXHIBIT OPENS APRIL 8 AT RVF ART MUSEUM
03/16/2010 University of La Verne News David Werner Examines Talismans, World Rule in “My Precious Illusion: Rings of Power in Wagner and Tolkien”
03/10/2010 Backpage "L.A. Storytellers - Tell Your Story"
03/10/2010 Fine Arts LA "The Hammer Speaks"
03/05/2010 Upcoming Events and Things To Do Ring Festival LA Screenings: Sing Faster: The Stagehand’s Ring Cycle
03/05/2010 Los Angeles Downtown News A Monster Opera Festival, Singing Sailors and More Spring Stage Highlights
03/3/2010 Los Angeles Times: Culture Monster "KUSC plans to broadcast entire L.A. Opera 'Ring' cycle"
03/01/2010 My Midwest Magazine "EVENTS: APRIL 15 – JUNE 30 Ring Festival LA"
02/17/2010 Los Angeles Times: Culture Monster "Zionism, anti-Semitism, Richard Wagner and ... George Eliot?"
02/07/2010 Los Angeles Times: Entertainment "No denying Wagner's complexity and divisiveness: L.A. talks again"
01/06/2010 Los Angeles Times: Entertainment "Hope, reality on L.A. arts scene"
08/26/2009 Los Angeles Times: Culture Monster blog "Ring Festival LA launches website"
03/24/2009 Los Angeles Times: Culture Monster blog "Sundance Institute to Offer Backstage Opera Documentary for Ring Festival LA"
02/20/2009 Christian Science Monitor "L.A. Comes of Age with Opera Giant"
02/19/2009 Jewish Journal "Why Wagner's Music Deserves a Second Chance"
11/24/2008 Los Angeles Business Journal "L.A. Biz Seen - Los Angeles Business Events"
11/5/2008 Pollstar "L.A. Rings in New Fest"
11/5/2008 LA Weekly "Ring Around Los Angeles: Major Arts Fest Headed Our Way"
11/4/2008 Variety "Arts Organizations Jump in 'Ring'"
11/4/2008 The Star-Ledger "If L.A. Can Do It, Why Not New Jersey?"
11/4/2008 Los Angeles Times "Ring Festival is Already Packed"
11/4/2008 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation "Citywide Arts Festival to Accompany LA Opera's First Ring Cycle"
11/3/2008 Reuters News Service "LA Plans Grand Arts Festival During 'Ring' Cycle"
11/3/2008 The New York Times "Los Angeles on the Rhine: Citywide 'Ring' Festival"
11/3/2008 Los Angeles Times: LA Now blog "Will 2010 be the Year of the Arts in LA?"
11/3/2008 Los Angeles Times: Culture Monster blog "LA Arts Leaders Gather at Announcement of Ring Festival LA"
11/3/2008 Los Angeles Times "City Leaders to Launch Grand-Scale Arts Festival"
11/3/2008 KPCC-FM "Southland Arts Organizations Announce Coordination Around Wagner's Ring Cycle"
11/3/2008 KABC-TV "LA to Host 10-Week Arts Festival"
11/3/2008 Angelenic.com "The Fandom of the Opera: 10-week Festival to Highlight 'Ring' Production"
 
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