Met uncertain about producing Richard Jones’ Ring Cycle

NEW YORK — The Met Opera will not start a new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in 2025 and is not sure whether it will move ahead with plans to present a staging of the tetralogy by director Richard Jones. “Das Rheingold ” is to open in London on Feb. 18 but the English opera said Tuesday it will not go ahead with “Siegfried” next season due to uncertainty in funding. “With the ENO not being in a position to continue with the production of its Ring Cycle, it obviously makes it impossible to help produce it with them,” Met general manager Peter Gelb said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday. “The delay in confirming our financial status has meant that our plans for the season ahead will inevitably have to change, including the postponement of a number of new productions as well as our current Ring Cycle, in partnership with the Met, which was due to continue with a new production of `Siegfried’ next season,” the ENO said.