If the Ring isn't a successful production, it will surely be Goetterdaemmerung for the Opera Company.
$6mil? That's one heck of a production for Opera. I would sure like to see it.
The Ring is probably the most ambitious Opera ever written and the music is AMAZING, not to mention the story. If you're an opera fan, you have to see it at least once in your lifetime. Remember, the modern theatres have subtitles:)