The L.A. Opera broadcasts continue this Saturday, July 11th, at noon on KUAT-FM with a performance of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner. The performance will be conducted by James Conlon and sung in German. The estimated running time is three hours.

Gods, goddesses, giants, and dwarves struggle to be lords of the ring, but as Wagner's mammoth Der Ring des Nibelungen unfolds, the ring's curse unleashes its vengeance. As the king of the gods, Vitalij Kowaljow, a powerful Ukrainian bass, is a "refined Wotan, expressive and subtle" says The Los Angeles Times. Wotan's insistent wife Fricka is Michelle DeYoung has been described by Opera News as a "remarkably powerful mezzo." Also featured are Arnold Bezuyen as Loge, Gordon Hawkins as Alberich and Graham Clark as Mime.