[Machine Translation] Simone Young's new work is the first of Wagner's Ring cycle. Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung," which tells the story of a ring that allows one to rule the world, is an epic opera of more than 16 hours in four parts: "Gold of the Rhine," "Valkyrie," "Siegfried," and "Gotterdammerung. It is the ultimate gem of Western opera, and is a fascinating repertoire that conductors would like to conduct at least once in their lifetime. A new bilingual translation of the lyrics by Atsuya Funaki, an up-and-coming music critic (German literature and history of German thought) who writes music reviews for the Yomiuri Shimbun and other newspapers, will be included. Recorded live at the Hamburg State Opera in March 2008.