WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL RING FESTIVAL LA E-NEWSLETTER

The first "Road to the Ring" events have set a path to the Festival and garnered enthusiasm from participants across the region. Search lights brought people from miles away to view Charles Sherman's Ring of Inclusion sculpture on Sunset Boulevard August 28. In mid-September, artists from the California Art Club gathered downtown at California Plaza and in Pasadena at Maranantha High School to paint models enacting scenes from the Ring in plein air. In anticipation of the September 26 opening of LA Opera's first-ever production of Siegfried, the Speakers Bureau has been on the road lecturing about the opera at public libraries throughout Los Angeles. James Conlon, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director, discussed Wagner's monumental work at the Broad Stage on September 24. Achim Freyer, Ring Director/Designer, conversed with journalist Matthew Gurewitsch at the Goethe Institut on September 29th. Even at this early date, Ring Festival LA is becoming the "talk of the town."

Barry A. Sanders
Leader of Ring Festival LA

    IN THIS ISSUE OF THE RING FESTIVAL LA E-NEWSLETTER

Road to the Ring Events
October Listings

Photo Features
Charles Sherman's Infinity Ring
California Art Club's Paint-Out

Spotlight on the Speaker's Bureau

Festival Partner Showcase

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Photo Features

Ring Festival LA Partner Sculptor Charles Sherman with the first of his Sunset Infinity Rings: The Ring of Inclusion. The work is dedicated to LA Opera and the diverse people of Los Angeles. www.charlesshermanart.com

"The California Art Club is honored to be working with LA Opera to create, as part of Ring Festival LA, special exhibitions of artwork inspired by the Ring operas," said artist Peter Adams, the Club's President. "As the Club celebrates its Centennial, we are thrilled to have the opportunity to capture on canvas, and in sculpture, scenes from these epic operas, continuing the Club's tradition of memorializing California's rich history in works of art that will be viewed by generations to come," added Adams. The California Art Club promotes traditional fine arts in the fields of painting, drawing and sculpture by encouraging a dialogue between artists and art enthusiasts through its exhibitions and educational programs. www.californiaartclub.org

Spotlight on the Speakers Bureau

The Speakers Bureau, a joint program of the Opera League of Los Angeles and LA Opera, is introducing groups throughout the area to the world of opera. This fall the Speakers Bureau is bringing the magic of the Ring cycle to Los Angeles with talks at public libraries across the region. This special group of volunteers have undertaken hours of training under the guidance of LA Opera's dedicated Education and Community Programs team. The OPERA LIBRARY PROJECT began seven years ago, continues to grow and now brings more than 90 presentations to libraries all over the County. LA Opera's staff works with each individual library to develop programs with elements from each corner of the opera world, and this year, of course, it's all things Ring. Talks have been developed to introduce the public to Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung. Next spring audiences will have the opportunity to hear all about Wagner's epic when volunteers roll out a talk entitled A Look at the Ring Cycle, LA Opera Style. "We are proud of this dedicated team of knowledgeable volunteers who give so much to the public and who remain so dedicated to LA Opera," said Stacy Brightman, Ph.D., LA Opera's Director of Education and Community Programs. "In addition, we are pleased that libraries across the region have joined with us as Partners in Ring Festival LA. These volunteers and libraries are truly paving the 'Road to the Ring.'"

Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. The Institute promotes knowledge of the German language abroad and fosters international cultural cooperation.
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USC Max Kade
USC's Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies is a research institute with its own library and archive founded in 1984 by its present director, Dr. Cornelius Schnauber, with the support of the Max Kade Foundation, Inc., New York.
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