Dallas Symphony Orchestra to Release Live Recording of Wagner’s Complete Ring Cycle on Delos

Pre-order and first single, “Vorspiel” from Das Rheingold are available today. Listen HERE.

The 13-CD box set will be available on May 15 in the United States with worldwide physical and digital release on May 22. Pre-order now.

DALLAS (March 20, 2026) – The Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Fabio Luisi (Louise W. & Edmund J. Kahn Music Directorship) are proud to announce the release of a landmark live recording of Richard Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen) on Delos, the American label of Outhere Music. The 13-CD box set will be available on May 15 in the United States, with worldwide physical and digital release on May 22. The first single, “Vorspiel” from Scene 1 of Das Rheingold, and pre-orders are available today here. The project is dedicated to the memory of Morton H. Meyerson.

“The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s traversal of Wagner’s Ring cycle represents one of the most significant achievements in the ensemble’s 125-year history,” said DSO Ross Perot President & CEO Michelle Miller Burns. “This epic journey would not have been possible without the talented musicians of the DSO, our superb cast of singers and our Music Director Fabio Luisi, whose breadth of experience in both orchestral and operatic repertoire proved invaluable. We are very grateful to the generous patrons who supported this ambitious project and to Delos and Outhere for helping us share these performances with music lovers around the world.”

This project represents a rare undertaking for an American orchestra and is being released during the DSO’s 125th anniversary season and150 years after the first performance of the complete Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1876. Luisi and the DSO recorded their live performances of the four operas – Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung – at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas throughout the year in 2024, culminating in full-cycle opera-in-concert performances that October.

The cast includes Mark Delavan (Wotan), Lise Lindstrom (Brünnhilde), Sara Jakubiak (Sieglinde), Daniel Johansson (Siegfried), Christopher Ventris (Siegmund), Deniz Uzun (Fricka), Tómas Tómasson (Alberich), and Michael Laurenz (Mime), among many others.

“This is music that demands everything from you — technically, emotionally, spiritually — and I am very proud of the orchestra for embracing it with me,” said DSO Music Director Fabio Luisi. “Wagner’s Ring cycle has been one of the most important and meaningful projects of my time with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Being the first American symphony orchestra in recent history to perform the entire cycle was a moment of great pride, made possible by the courage and commitment of the musicians and the entire DSO organization. The Ring holds a special and profound place in the history of music, and for me it has always been a deeply personal, transformational experience. I am thrilled that we have captured this in a recording and look forward to sharing the results with the world.”

Recorded by GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Dirk Sobotka, part of the award-winning team at Soundmirror, the forthcoming release also launches a new partnership between Outhere Music, Delos and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

The release will be issued worldwide by Delos both digitally and as a 13-CD box set. It is available today for pre-save via digital streaming platforms and pre-order at physical retailers. Dallas audiences may pre-order the set at the DSO’s Symphony Store, located in the main lobby of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. The Symphony Store is open two hours before each DSO concert, during intermission and after each concert is over. For more information, visit ringcycle.dallassymphony.org.

For access to the DSO’s Ring Cycle press kit, with photos, video and cover art, visit: https://dalsym.canto.com/b/M7DB0

THE PERFORMANCES AT THE MORTON H. MEYERSON SYMPHONY CENTER WERE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY:

The Wagner tuben were generously funded by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Smith.

THE RECORDINGS WERE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY:

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ABOUT THE DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of Music Director Fabio Luisi (Louise W. & Edmund J. Kahn Music Directorship), presents more than 100 concerts each year at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, one of the world’s finest concert halls. Tracing its origins to a concert with 40 musicians conducted by Hans Kreissig in 1900, the DSO has become the most prominent performing arts organization in the Southwest and is a cornerstone of the 118-acre Dallas Arts District, the largest urban arts district in the nation. Through its acclaimed recordings and international touring, the DSO shares its artistry with audiences around the globe, extending its impact beyond Dallas.

The DSO is committed to its mission of inspiring and changing lives through musical excellence and serves more than 200,000 adults and children each year through performances, educational programs and community initiatives. The DSO’s education programs plant the seed for musical study and appreciation as well as success in academics and social development. The Young Strings and Kim Noltemy Young Musicians provide access to free music lessons and instruments for hundreds of students each year, and the Cecil and Ida Green Youth Concerts welcome more than 10,000 Dallas-area students to the Meyerson each season. For nearly three decades, the DSO has presented classical music to thousands through the annual summer Parks Concerts Series. DSO Cares offers performances in hospitals, senior living facilities and in partnership with other service organizations across North Texas, bringing the healing power of music to those who need it most.

The DSO is supported, in part, by funds from the Office of Arts & Culture, City of Dallas. For more information, visit dallassymphony.org or follow @dallassymphony on social media.

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Chelsey Norris | Director of Communications
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