In February Sue Elliott, Seattle Opera’s Education Director, presents Inside the Ring at the Frye Art Museum, a series of fascinating three-hour seminars on each opera for those wanting to explore the Ring in depth.

The celebration kicks off on January 13, at a Seattle Youth Symphony Concert starring former Seattle Opera Young Artist Adina Aaron, who will sing the “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde as well as Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder. To date, opera-goers from 22 countries and all 50 states (plus the District of Columbia) have purchased tickets for Seattle Opera’s 2013 Ring.Įducational and community engagement programming honoring the composer’s bicentennial year begins well in advance of the Ring performances. Seattle-Under General Director Speight Jenkins’ 30 years of leadership, 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 to the company’s signature work, Wagner’s ambitious four-opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen.

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