Calixto Bieito turned introspective as he sat in a cafe across from the Opéra Bastille, where his production of the first night Wagner’s Ring Cycle was to premiere the following day.

Besides Heineken and gouda cheese, the Dutch Baby — a popover-style pancake — might be the ... But I can’t front, the pomp and circumstance behind the gorgeous monstrosity that is Leroy Fox’s Fried ...