Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Seidl, of Toscanini-and Wagner was indeed a Titan. There came the War, and German singers, German music were in disfavor, but Wagner grew even in exile. His operas crept back into the repertoire one by one until Lohengrin had arrived, Tannhäuser, Tristan, Meister singer, the four Ring operas-Rheingold, Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung-and the valedictory Parsifal. Today enthusiasm has reached the pitch where box-office plenty is direct sequel to the announcement of special Wagner matinees...
...Parsifal), his Hans Sachs. Many of the routine artists make much of lesser opportunities-George Meader with his David (Meister singer), Gustav Schuetzendorf with his Beckmesser (Meister singer), Florence Easton with whatever she does in her cool, intelligent way, be it Sieglinde (Walküre), Eva (Meistersinger), Brunnhilde (the Ring). There is now most important of all Soprano Gertrude Kappel who arrived recently from Munich, gave such beautiful performances of Isolde, of Brunnhilde in Walküre and Gotterdammerung as to make die-hards swallow their last struggling complaints of "no Wagnerian sopranos'' and set her down reverently...
...smallest, a pomeranian, Bogota Firebug, minced into the ring on insect legs. Like a mosquito who has been crawling in the fluffy dust under a boarding house bed, he stood, looking up at the crowd with startled, pert malignance...
Black and silver Cito von der Marktfeste, a German shepherd, strode into the ring like a buccaneer. He was tall at the shoulder, his tail swung behind him like a curved scimitar in a tasselled scabbard, his mouth curled with an ironic courtesy. He regarded the spectators with complete composure, his lean face masking carefully but not completely its sneer. Intimidated by his arrogance, the women who sat nearest the ring applauded its proud and villainous visitor...
...What was your most thrilling ring experience," he was asked Sharkey finished tying on his gloves and said. "There are no thrills in boxing," then fell to punching the bag till it sounded like a riveting machine...