No 'Ring' in D.C.

The economic downturn has claimed its first high-profile victim in this region's arts scene: The Washington National Opera indefinitely postpones staging Wagner's "Ring" cycle, which was to have highlighted its 2009-10 season, The Washington Post reports:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110703654.html