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Ring Festival LA Media Contact:
Catherine Babcock
Public Relations Consultant
cbabcock@RingFestivalLA.com
P: (213) 972-7691
MEDIA ALERT AND LISTINGS
RING FESTIVAL LA
WEEK VIII, May 31- June 6, 2010
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LA Opera presents its first cycle of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, with performances of director
Achim Freyer's productions of Siegfried on June 3 and Götterdämmerung on June 6, at the Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion. Both productions are conducted by James Conlon, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music
Director.
As LA Opera completes the first cycle of its first-ever full presentation of the Ring in Los Angeles,
Ring Festival LA continues to bring exciting artistic and cultural programming for those attending the cycle
or simply wanting to enjoy the best of arts and culture in Los Angeles. Ring Festival LA is the countywide
arts celebration inspired by the Ring. There are seminars, lectures and classes, art exhibitions, concerts,
walking tours, online exhibits, German food, hot dogs and beer. Throughout the month of June, Los Angeles will ring
with opera and Ring Festival LA.
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LA Opera
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performance dates:
Cycle 1 (continued): Siegfried (6/3); Götterdämmerung (6/6)
Cycle 2: Das Rheingold (6/8); Die Walküre (6/10); Siegfried (6/13); Götterdämmerung (6/16)
Cycle 3: Das Rheingold (6/18); Die Walküre (6/20); Siegfried (6/23); Götterdämmerung (6/26)
(For performance times and ticket information visit www.laoperaring.com)
LA Opera presents the final two operas of its first cycle of the Ring: Siegfried and
Götterdämmerung. The Ring cycle cast includes soprano Linda Watson as Brünnhilde, with tenor John
Treleaven as Siegfried, bass Vitalij Kowaljow as Wotan, baritone Richard Paul Fink as Alberich, tenor Plácido Domingo
as Siegmund, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as Sieglinde, mezzo-soprano Jill Grove as Erda and tenor Graham Clark as
Mime. Ms. DeYoung will also perform Fricka in Das Rheingold and Waltraute in Götterdämmerung, and
the cast also features bass Eric Halfvarson as Fafner, Hunding and Hagen; tenor Arnold Bezuyen as Loge; mezzo-soprano
Ekaterina Semenchuk as Fricka in Die Walküre; bass-baritone Alan Held as Gunther; and soprano Jennifer Wilson
as Gutrune. James Conlon, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director, conducts a production staged by legendary theater
artist Achim Freyer.
Tickets: Single tickets for the individual operas range from $50-$275, and are available at
www.laoperaring.com, (213) 972-8001, or at the theater's Box Office.
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Music Center of Los Angeles County, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Contact: Gary Murphy, Director of Communications and Public Relations, LA Opera,
gmurphy@laopera.com
ACE Gallery
Achim Freyer, June 1-August 14, Tue.-Sat. 10 am-6 pm
The gallery showing of paintings by LA Opera's Ring director/designer, Achim Freyer, affords an opportunity
to become acquainted with the artist's work beyond the stage. Founded in 1961 by the Gallery's current director,
Douglas Chrismas, ACE Gallery has a history of installing ambitious museum quality exhibitions.
Info: www.acegallery.net or (323) 935-4411
5514 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Alice Hutchinson, ahutchinson@acegallery.net or (323) 935-4411
Hammer Museum & University of California, Los Angeles
Two-day Conference: "Wagner in LA: The Opera of the 21st Century?" June 1-2, 1-7pm
A conference on the productivity, even urgency of Wagner for contemporary art and critical theory, with talks by some
of the most innovative musicologists and philosophers in the world today including Alain Badiou, John Deathridge,
Fredric Jameson, Juliet Koss, David J. Levin, Mary Ann Smart, Clemens Risi and Slavoj Žižek.
Info: www.hammer.ucla.edu or (310) 443-7000
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Contact: Meg Sullivan, Senior Media Representative, UCLA,
msullivan@support.ucla.edu or (310) 825-1046
The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
A Display of George Bernard Shaw and a Wagner transcription of a Haydn Symphony, June 1-30, 2010
This special exhibit will display a Wagner-transcribed Haydn Symphony, a first edition of George Bernard Shaw's
The Perfect Wagnerite, as well as other selections of Shaw materials from the Huntington's collection. The
display will be housed in the east end of the Library Exhibition Hall.
Admission & Hours: www.huntington.org or (626) 405-2100
1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA 91108
Contact: Lisa Blackburn, Communications Coordinator,
lblackburn@huntington.org or 626-405-2140
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Christine Brewer in Recital with Craig Rutenberg on Piano, June 1, 2010, 8 pm
The American soprano will sing Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder among other works.
Admission $37-$95. Tickets: www.laphil.com or (323) 850-2000
Walt Disney Concert Hall, 151 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Contact: Lisa Bellamore, Senior Publicist, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Hollywood Bowl,
lbellamore@laphil.org or(213)972-3689
American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre
Apocalypse Now Redux, June 4, 2010, 7:30 pm
Screening of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Academy Award-winning drama Apocalypse Now with two sequences not
included in the original. Reluctant assassin Martin Sheen leads a motley crew of soldiers upriver to find unhinged and
off-the-map colonel Marlon Brando in this wildly surreal Vietnam epic. The film's arresting score incorporates
original music by Coppola, his father, and The Ring of the Nibelung. Mitchell Morris, Associate Professor of
Musicology at UCLA, will speak prior to the screening.
Info: www.americancinematheque.com or (323) 466-3456. Tickets: $11,
Members $7, www.fandango.com or at the box office 90 minutes prior to
screening.
6712 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028
Contact: publicity@americancinemateque.com
Goethe-Institut
"The Ring: A Discussion with Achim Freyer and Matthew Gurewitsch," June 4, 7pm
The director/designer and the journalist discuss LA Opera's first presentation of Richard Wagner's epic Der Ring
des Nibelungen.
Info: www.goethe.de/ins/us/los/enindex.htm or (323)
525-3388.
5750 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: media@losangeles.goethe.org or
(323)935-4411
LACMA/LA OPERA
"Wagner and Myth," June 5, 10 am-4 pm
Inspired by LACMA's exhibit Myths, Legends, and Cultural Renewal: Wagner's Sources, the seminar will delve
into the heroic mythologies that Wagner drew from when developing his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Presenters for the day include James Conlon, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director; Timothy O. Benson, LACMA
Curator; John Deathridge, Wagner scholar; Mitchell Morris, UCLA musicology professor; and Desirée Mays, opera
lecturer. Lunch and admission to the galleries is included in the fee.
Admission $65, open to 100 participants
Register: www.laopera.com or (213) 972-8001
Brown Auditorium, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Contact: Gary Murphy, Director of Communications and Public Relations LA Opera,
gmurphy@laopera.com or (213) 972-7554
Classical KUSC 91.5 FM
Ring Programming
LA Opera on Air: Die Walküre, with Duff Murphy; June 5, 10am
KUSC has some exciting Ring Festival events planned for June, including its broadcast series "LA Opera on
Air," which includes LA Opera performances of all four Ring operas.
KUSC Ring Tones
Duff Murphy presents special 90-second features in June, illuminating unusual aspects of the cycle.
Info: www.KUSC.org or (213) 225-7412.
Contact: Gail Eichenthal, Program Director, geichenthal@kusc.org
or (213) 225-7422
Machine Project LA
Out of the Forest and Into the Light: Props for Richard Wagner/Jason Brown on the "Operatic Origins of the
American Space Program"/The ing cycle,
Opening reception, June 5, 8 pm; Installation continues June 5-19
Machine Project will present a basement installation tracing the history of Wagnerian set design, as well as a series
of performances and lectures interpreting the Ring cycle. Artist Liz Glynn will construct a series of
sculptural vignettes and drawings tracing the evolution of Wagnerian set design from naturalism to abstraction as it
evolved at the Bayreuth Festival.
Visit machineproject.com for details.
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"Operatic Origins of the American Space Program," June 12, 8 pm
Theorist and author Jason Brown will lecture on the operatic origins of the American space program.
- ing, June 19, 8pm
The duo ing will perform a lo-fi musical interpretation of all four operas in an evening entitled "the
ing cycle."
1200 N. Alvarado, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Contact: Catherine Babcock, Ringfestivalla.com or (213) 972-7691
Ruth Bachofner Gallery
Monika Rittershaus LA Ring in Photographs, June 5-July 26, 2010,
Tue.- Sat. 10 am-6 pm
Performance photos by Monika Rittershaus of LA Opera's first presentation of the Ring, designed and directed
by Achim Freyer. Rittershaus is an internationally distinguished theater photographer and the exclusive photographer
for the production.
Info: ruthbachofnergallery.com or (310) 829-3300
Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., G2, Santa Monica CA 90404
Contact: www.ruthbachofnergallery.com or (310) 829
3300
Young Musicians Foundation
UCLA Choral Concert with the Debut Orchestra-Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, June 5, 8pm
Tickets: $12, UCLA faculty staff and students (with ID) $5,
www.ymf.org or (310) 859-7668.
UCLA's Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90095
Contact: Michael Di Pasquale, (818)324-1204
American Jewish University
Seminar: "Art & Morality-Music of an Anti-Semite," June 6, 10 am-3 pm
Dr. Michael Berenbaum moderates this seminar. Presenting scholars include Sander Gilman, Steve Lowenstein, and Marc
Weiner. LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director James Conlon will share brief remarks and Gottfried Wagner will make
an afternoon presentation.
Info: www.ajula.edu
RSVP: (310) 440-1279, seating is limited.
Gindi Auditorium (AJU), 15600 Mulholland Dr., Bel-Air, CA, 90077
Contact: Bonnie Schuman, Manager of Communications, American Jewish University,
bschuman@ajula.edu or 310-440-1282
Autry National Center
Opera in the Libraries (online exhibition) continuing-July 31
The online exhibition will draw on the collections of the Braun Research Library and Autry Library. Featured will be a
rare 1912 recording of French tenor Augustarello Affre recorded in Los Angeles by Charles F. Lummis and the libretto
from La Fanciulla del West with music composed by Giacomo Puccini. To view the exhibition, visit
www.theautry.org/collections/opera
Contact: Joan Cumming,
jcumming@autrynationalcenter.org
Descanso Gardens
Trees of Norse Myth, through June 30, 9 am-5 pm
Descanso Gardens will feature the Trees of Norse Myth-a gardens exploration of the tales and tree specimens
figuring in the original Norse myths which inspired Wagner's Ring cycle. The map for this exploration, in the
form of a self-guided tour, will be available for free download beginning May 27, 2010.
Info: www.descansogardens.org or (818) 952-4391
Admission: $8, Senior/Students $6, Children (5-12 years) $3, Guild Members and Children under 5 free
1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada-Flintridge, CA 91011
Contact: Brenda Reese, PR@descansogardens.org or (818)
949-7984
Istituto Italiano di Cultural
MARIA CALLAS: A Woman, A Voice, A Myth, through June 30, Mon.-Thu. 10 am-6 pm, Fri. 10 am-5 pm (closed
between 1 & 2 pm) & Sat. 10 am-2 pm
It was 1958 when soprano Maria Callas first performed in California, in an extraordinary concert conducted by Nicola
Rescigno at the Shrine Auditorium. More than fifty years after this encounter, Angelenos can again engage with "La
Divina" in an exhibition that includes memorabilia, stage costumes, rare documents, jewels, books, letters and
archival photographs collected by Bruno Tosi, President of the International Association Maria Callas. The highly
acclaimed exhibit has traveled the world since 1993. It has been extensively enlarged and updated for its Los Angeles
showing and includes documentation of the acclaim Callas received for her 1947 Venice performance in Wagner's
Tristan and Isolde.
Info: www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it or (310) 443-3250
1023 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Contact: Serena Camozzo, serena.camozzo.iic@esteri.it or
(310) 443-3250 x107
LACMA
"Myths, Legends and Cultural Renewal: Wagner's Sources," through August 16, Mon., Tue. & Thu.,
Noon-8 pm; Fri., Noon -9 pm; Sat. & Sun. 11 am-8 pm
This exhibition drawn from LACMA's collection explores Germanic myths and legends in various embodiments in the modern
era. Myths, legends, and fables form an essential component of cultural renewal. Reinvented and passed on by each
generation, they have continued to fascinate artists into the modern era. Integrated into the awakening of German
nationalism in the 19th century, these traditions continued to fascinate various authors and artists into the high
modernism of the early 20th century.
Contact: Barbara Pflaumer, Associate Vice President and Director of Press Relations,
bpflaumer@lacma.org or (323) 932-5881
The Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture
Epic Tales of Latino Art, through June 30, Tue.-Sun. 10 am-4 pm
Epic Tales of Latino Art presents Latino artists' heroic quest to find identity and self definition. This
exhibit showcases works in The Latino Museum's permanent collection that, like Richard Wagner's Ring, are
dramatic, mythical, fantastical, conflicting, yet real and thought provoking.
514 S. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA 90013
Contact: Yesica Allala, allalayes@yahoo.com or (213) 626-7600/ (310)
954-6187
Los Angeles Conservancy
A Tour of German Los Angeles in the 20th Century (ongoing)
In the 1930s and '40s, the city became home to some of the greatest German artists, architects, and writers, who
sought refuge here during the rise of National Socialism in Europe. The Los Angeles Conservancy will highlight the
physical landscape of the city's 20th-century German influence with a self-guided tour of historic sites related to
notable figures including Thomas Mann, Alfred Döblin, and Bertolt Brecht. Visit these sites online with an easy-to-use
Google map or print the map and explore the sites firsthand. Annotated map available at:
www.laconservancy.org
Contact: Cindy Olnik, colnick@laconservancy.org or (213) 430-4214
Norton Simon Museum
Form and Emotion in Rodin and Wagner, through June 30, 2010, Wed.-Mon., 12-6 pm
The museum presents a self-guided tour of the eight sculptures by Auguste Rodin in the Museum's gardens. The tour
draws interesting parallels between the two great 19th-century artists: Richard Wagner, the preeminent composer of
Romantic music, and Rodin, the first sculptor of the modern age.
411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105
Contact: Leslie Denk, Director of Marketing and Communications,
ldenk@nortonsimon.org or (626) 844-6941
Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA)
Ring: Works from SMMoA's Park Studio program, through August 21, Tues.-Sat. 11 am-6 pm
Santa Monica Museum of Art presents Ring an exhibition featuring work completed during the museum's signature
outreach program for teens entitled Park Studio. Students worked with artist Gordon Bowen and his Arts
ReFoundry Atelier to create sculptures in bronze inspired by themes from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Info:www.smmoa.org or (310) 586-6488
Bergamont Station, G1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404
Contact: Miranda Carroll, Director of Communications,
miranda.carroll@smmoa.org or (310) 586-6488 ext. 123
Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino, Timeless Enchantment: Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung
in Visual Arts and Performance, through July 31, Tue., Wed. Fri. & Sat., 10 am-5 pm; Thu., 10 am-7
pm.
Part of a larger series investigating the various ways the story and music of Wagner's Ring has continued to
be used in music, visual arts, theater, literature, movies, comic books, etc., this exhibition has two components: the
Ring story in Arthur Rackham's illustrations and photographs from various Ring performances.
Info: www.museum.csusb.edu or (909) 537-5000
5500 University Pkwy., San Bernardino, CA 92407
Contact: Andrea Callahan, Development and PR Associate,
acallahan@csusb.edu or (909) 537-3373
Let's Be Frank
German Hot Dogs, through June 26
The famous grass-fed beef hot dogs of Let's Be Frank will be available throughout Ring Festival LA during
selected events. In honor of the Ring, Let's Be Frank has created a special German hot dog.
For cart/trailer schedule: www.letsbefrankdogs.com
Contact: Heather Priest, heatherapriest@gmail.com or
310-980-5163
The Opera League of Los Angeles
Concierge Information (performance days)/Online Service & Ring Merchandise,
Online (anytime) through June 26,
On Ring cycle performance days, visitors can find answers to their questions at the booth on Music Center
Plaza. Special Ring-related merchandise is available in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion lobby or online at:
www.laopera.com.
Info: (323) 256-1814.
Online Concierge: www.operaleague.org; Merchandise:
www.laoperashop.com
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Music Center of Los Angeles County, 135 N. Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Patina Restaurant Association
German Food Festival
Savor specialty menu items by German Chef Joachim Splichal inspired by the Ring at select Patina Restaurant
Group locations through-June 26
Info: www.patinagroup.com
Patina's German Beer Garden on the Music Center Plaza, through June 26.
Enjoy a German beer before or after a performance, or just stop by to relax on the Plaza.
Music Center of Los Angeles County, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Contact: Lauren Reilly, Marketing Director/West Coast, Patina Restaurant Group,
lreilly@patinagroup.com or (213) 814-3268
RING FESTIVAL LA MERCHANDISE
Shop for posters, tee-shirts, tote bags and more at: www.laoperashop.com
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For a full listing of Ring Festival LA events visit
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