L.A.’s $32M ‘Ring’ Cycle – Where Does All That Money Go?

“The number ‘has been hung around our neck like a yoke,’ says Christopher Koelsch, L.A. Opera’s vice president of artistic planning. ‘We don’t get a review of the Ring that doesn’t talk about the cost.’ When The Times inquired about what goes into a $32-million production, Koelsch welcomed the chance to have the budget ‘demystified’.”