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COC's pricey Ring

May start for applications to see complete Ring Cycle

Though the Canadian Opera Company won't be mounting Richard Wagner's full Ring Cycle until 2006, it will begin taking ticket applications next week, the company announced Tuesday.

The epic opera cycle will open the new Four Seasons Centre, currently under construction in downtown Toronto, in the fall of 2006. Because the venue only offers 2,000 seats -- about 1,000 fewer than the company's current home in the Hummingbird Centre -- the company expects the performances to sell out quickly.

Tickets applications will be accepted through the company's website and by phone beginning May 3. Prices for the complete cycle of the four Ring operas -- Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung -- begin at $300, with a limited number of prime box seats available for up to $2,200.

Successful applicants will be notified by December 2004.

The company will stage the entire Ring Cycle once each week for the last three weeks of September 2006.

Posted by thinkum at April 29, 2004 01:28 PM