An all-star cast is led by Plácido Domingo, "the world's greatest Siegmund" (The Associated Press)
The Ring cycle turns to the human sphere with Die Walküre, highlighted by some of Wagner's most memorable music, with such highlights as the rousing "Ride of the Valkyries," Wotan's heart-breaking farewell to his beloved daughter, and the finale's "Magic Fire Music." Conductor James Conlon "elicited iridescent tonal colors from the score, making Die Walküre possibly James Conlon's best work in Los Angeles to date" (Daily Variety). The peerless cast is led by the Siegmund of Plácido Domingo, "continues to be in miraculous voice" (New York Times) and Michelle DeYoung, who brings "an earthy yet sumptuous voice and beautifully direct emotional expression to her singing" (New York Times) as Sieglinde. Soprano Linda Watson, Bayreuth's Brünnhilde of choice, returns to a role she "sang with penetrating sound, urgency, fearless attack and sensitive shadings" (New York Times). Director Achim Freyer creates "a series of breathtaking images that leave interpretation up to the spectator... pure stage magic" (Germany's Die Welt).
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May 30, 2010 |
6:00 p.m. |
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| Thursday |
June 10, 2010 |
6:00 p.m. |
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June 20, 2010 |
12:00 p.m. |
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* LA Opera debut
** Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program
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RUNNING TIME
4 hours and 51 minutes
including two intermissions
PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE
With James Conlon
One hour prior to each performance.
Pre-performance lectures are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.
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PRODUCTION NOTES
A Los Angeles Opera Original Production
UNDERWRITER(S)
LA Opera's new production of
Richard Wagner's Ring cycle made possible by
THE ELI AND EDYTHE BROAD FOUNDATION
with additional generous support from
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
National Endowment for the Arts and
LA Opera's Friends of the Ring Leadership Council
Generous underwriting support for Die Walküre from Leslie and John Dorman, Peter and Diane Gray, Marc and Eva Stern Foundation and Barbara Augusta Teichert.
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