The scenic conception of this Ring der Nibelung becomes comic. The "genius" director instead of having a ring, as in the title, turns this ring into a glove. In addition it places ballet with hilarious choreographies as in the "Voyage of Siegfried by the Rhine". On the other hand musically we are facing one of the best existing versions. Nina Stemme, Ingrid Theorin, Waltraud Meier, Mikhail `Petrenko, Rene Pape, Simon O'Neil, Johannes Kränzle, Vitalij Kowaljow, all perfect, wonderful. My only restriction, very light, is Lance Ryan, the interpreter of the role of Siegfried in Götterdämerugn gets a bit to be desired. In the opera Siegfried is superb. Wonderful orchestra and Daniel Barenboim confirms that it is the greatest interpreter of Wagner of the present time. A pity is the unfortunate mise en scéne. That's why I gave only 4 stars.