"For any company with the resources to present it, the Ring offers arguably the most formidable challenge in the entire repertoire," Freud added. I am thrilled by the team we have assembled to create that experience at Lyric. Experiencing a Ring cycle is one of the most life-transforming artistic experiences the world has to offer. "It represents the high-water mark of our art form - unique in its scale, complexity, fascination, and indeed, in its ability to 'hook' an audience. "Wagner's Ring is unquestionably one of the most iconic and fascinating stage works ever created," declared Freud. Pountney, Engels, Lecca, and Kebour - the latter two in company debuts - will be at Lyric during 2014-15 to remount their much-praised production of Mieczysław Weinberg's The Passenger in that work's Midwestern premiere. The company will conclude its 2019-20 season with individual performances of Götterdämmerung, prior to presenting three complete Ring cycles in April 2020. The press conference was also live-streamed.Īs in its two previous presentations at Lyric, the Ring will be staged as follows: Das Rheingold (2016-17 season), Die Walküre (2017-18), and Siegfried (2018-19). All were present for today's announcement at the Civic Opera House, home to Lyric Opera of Chicago, as was chorus master Michael Black, who will prepare the Lyric Opera Chorus forGötterdämmerung. Lyric Opera's new RING production to be presented one operaĪt a time, beginning in 2016-17 for four consecutive seasons,įollowed by three complete cycles in April 2020Īnthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, announced today that the company will present a new production of Richard Wagner's monumental four-opera masterpiece, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) starting in 2016-17.įreud was joined for the announcement by American soprano Christine Goerke, a major international artist who will portray the leading role of Brünnhilde.įreud presented the formidable creative team: the company's music director, Sir Andrew Davis, who will conduct director David Pountney and designers Johan Engels (sets), Marie-Jeanne Lecca (costumes), and Fabrice Kebour (lighting). Lyric Opera of Chicago announces initial principal casting and creative team for
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