Among the highlights of the Year 2000 season was to be the massive four-opera Ring Cycle, by 19th-century German romantic composer Richard Wagner, to be conducted by James Levine.

• 2000年演出季节的集锦中，还有詹姆斯·勒凡恩指挥的19世纪德国浪漫主义作曲家理查德·瓦格纳的四大歌剧全集。