![Director Neil Armfield ahead of his restaging of Wagner's 'The Ring Cycle' for Opera Australia at Melbourne Arts Centre.](/web/20161115004140im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/o/q/d/w/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gsoqu3.png/1479105112137.jpg)
Running a Ring around the world
From the superflouds pomp of political rallies to the environmental ravages of capitalism, Neil Armfield finds new themes resonating in the return of his Opera Australia production of Wagner's four-opera epic The Ring.