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By Richard Sandomir Dallas Long, a brawny shot-putter who established himself as one of the best of his era by equaling or setting the world record in that track and field event seven times and winning a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tok

Richard Wagner conceived his four-opera “Ring” as a Gesamtkunstwerk: a marriage of poetry and music, for voices and orchestra, with coordinated sets, costumes and action. It’s a huge, expensive challenge even for top opera companies, calling for pow