Monday, 17 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-Rubens, 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
Tuesday, 18 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
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
Wednesday, 19 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 member of the artistic production team, possibly Conductor Robert Spano
Stewart Spencer, translator of Richard Wagner: The Last of the Titans (2004), by Joachim Kohler
William Berger, author of Wagner without Fear (1989)
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.
ACT – A Contemporary Theatre, 700 Union Street (downtown)
For some (conflicting) reviews – here’s one review and here’s another one.
Thursday, 20 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
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall
10:45 until closing – informal gathering at “The Library,” T.S.McHugh,
21 Mercer St.-- Kitchen open until 11:45; bar open late
Friday, 21 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 – Young Siegfried 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 (separate invitations)
7:30 – Das Barbecú
ACT – A Contemporary Theatre, 700 Union Street (downtown)
Special party hosted by Rod Parke and Dale Burke
Saturday, 22 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
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall
11:15 until closing – informal gathering at “The Library,” T.S.McHugh,
21 Mercer St.-- Kitchen open until 12:15; bar open late
