Wagner in Seattle Performers Announced

Seattle Opera to Transform Seattle into the “Ring City” with a Month of Citywide Ring Cycle Events in August 2009 Under the leadership of General Director Speight Jenkins, Seattle Opera has become known as “America’s Bayreuth,” drawing worldwide audiences to its acclaimed productions of all of Richard Wagner’s major works, especially sold-out performances of Der Ring des Nibelungen, the composer’s cycle of four epic operas—Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung. Seattle Opera’s last Ring cycle performances in 2005 drew audiences from 49 states and 19 countries and sold out many months in advance. Seattle Opera and the City of Seattle are now making preparations for Seattle Opera’s next three Ring cycles, to take place from August 9 through 30, 2009. Tickets are currently on sale to Seattle Opera subscribers. Tickets go on sale online to the general public beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 12, 2008. Tickets for the general public will be available by phone or in person beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 15, 2008. Read the full article by clicking here.