#MythologyMonday #jewels #Wagner #RingCycle #opera

Top tip: Never steal gold from the Rhine Maidens and make it into a cursed ring. It only leads to Gotterdammerung and the world being consumed in flames. And a lot of competitive singing.

Let #AnnaRussell tell you all about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m69aPAo1rXE

Below are two ticket stubs for a November 1932 performance of #RichardWagner’s #Gotterdammerung (the final #Opera in the #RingCycle) at the old #MetOpera house. The stubs belonged to the artist #EdwardHopper and his wife Jo. The stubs are currently on display at the #WhitneyMuseum as part of a special exhibit on Hopper and #NewYorkCity. Apparently he and his wife saved their ticket stubs over the years! (They also attended Aida at one point.)