Saturday, August 8, 2009
7:30 Aspects of the Ring, Speight Jenkins and Perry Lorenzo – no fee
Elliott Bay Book Store, 101 S. Main Street
Sunday, 9 August
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Exploring the Ring -- In-depth seminars $96.00, series of 4
Perry Lorenzo, Education Director of Seattle Opera, offers an in-depth seminar with insights into the themes, music and historical context of each opera
Fisher Pavilion, near McGraw Hall, Seattle Center Campus
5:30 PM – Overtures to the Ring – $32.00, series of 4 lectures
Jonathan Dean, Education Artistic Administrator, offers informative and entertaining perspectives on each opera
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall
7:00 – 9:30 PM – Das Rheingold
9:30 – WS Party Time -- T.S. McHugh’s, 21 Mercer Street @ Queen Ann & 1st Ave. N
Food, Drinks, and Wagnerites -- $42.00 per person.
artichoke hearts au gratin, peel and eat shrimp, mini-pot-pies, mini-Rubins, lox; little chocolate tortes, bread pudding, and coffee; two bar drinks.
9:30 PM – Rheingold Revelry -- $200; $300 with artist at the table
Champagne reception and late supper hosted by Speight Jenkins
Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street
Monday, 10 August
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Exploring the Ring with Perry Lorenzo
Fisher Pavilion, near McGraw Hall, Seattle Center Campus
4:30 PM -- Overtures with Jonathan Dean
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall
6:00 – 10:30 PM – Die Walküre
10:30 – Q&A discussion with Speight Jenkins, no fee
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall
10:30 until closing – informal gathering at “The Library,” T.S.McHugh, 21 Mercer St.-- Kitchen open until 11:30; bar open late
Tuesday, 11 August
10:00 Am – 3:00 PM – Symposium -- $70
Includes refreshments
Fisher Pavilion, near McGraw Hall, Seattle Center Campus
Speight Jenkins in conversation with artists (principal singers)
Speight Jenkins in conversation with a principal production member, possibly Stephen Wadsworth
Martin Bernheimer, former music critic of the LA Times, recipient of the Deems Taylor Award (1974, 1978), and Pulitzer Price for Criticism (1982)
Agustin Blanco-Bazan, reviewer for RITMO, the oldest musical magazine in Spain (including all productions at the Bayreuth Festival since the mid-eighties), and author of “Musical Artists who Emigrated from the Third Reich to Argentina”for the 8th Conference of Latin American Jewish Association
7:30 PM – Das Barbecú -- $55.00
Commissioned by Seattle Opera, composer Scott Warrender and lyricist Jim Luigs create an irreverent, giddy send up the Ring. Exclusive for Ring attendees.
ACT – A Contemporary Theatre, 700 Union Street (downtown)
Wednesday, 12 August
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Exploring the Ring with Perry Lorenzo
Fisher Pavilion, near McGraw Hall, Seattle Center Campus
4:30 – Overtures with Jonathan Dean
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall
6:00 – 10:40 PM – Siegfried
10:45 – Q&A discussion with Speight Jenkins, no fee
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall
10:45 until closing – informal gathering at “The Library,” T.S.McHugh’s,
21 Mercer St.-- Kitchen open until 11:45; bar open late
Thursday, 13 August
10:00 – 11:30 AM – Tech Talk -- $15.00
Robert Schaub, Seattle Opera Technical Director, explains technical wizardry in mounting the Ring.
Fisher Pavilion, near McGraw Hall, Seattle Center Campus
2:00 – 3:30 PM – Theft of the Gold Performance -- $10.00
Ring Fest Summer Camp participants perform in this unique student adaptation of Das Rheingold and Siegfried in an imaginative and contemporary production design. Principal roles will be performed by Young Artists Program singers; grade schoolers will be on stage and in the orchestra, proving once again that Wagner is Elemental.
Fisher Pavilion, near McGraw Hall, Seattle Center Campus
5:30 PM – Donor Event – Meet the Artists – By special invitation only
7:30 – Das Barbecú -- $55.00
ACT – A Contemporary Theatre, 700 Union Street (downtown)
Party hosted by Rod Parke and Dale Burke
Friday, 14 August
10:00 – 1:00 PM – Exploring the Ring with Perry Lorenzo
Fisher Pavilion, near McGraw Hall, Seattle Center Campus
4:30 PM – Overtures with Jonathan Dean
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall
6:00 – 11:10 PM – Götterdämmerung
11:15 PM – Q&A discussion with Speight Jenkins, no fee
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall
11:15 until closing – informal gathering at “The Library,” T.S.McHugh’s,
21 Mercer St. -- Kitchen open until 12:15; bar open late
