MILAN (AP) — Daniel Barenboim is conducting the first week-long presentation of Wagner’s Ring cycle at La Scala since 1938.

“Der Ring des Nibelungen,” which begins with “Das Rheingold” on Monday, is part of the opera house’s yearlong celebration of the bicentennial of the births of composers Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.

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