![]() ![]() As a friend pointed out, there was nothing to fear when tenor Stefan Vinke opened his mouth to sing Siegfried-no catches, no close calls or shakiness it never sounded like a high-wire act. The singers slated for the Ring’s two lead roles are new to Seattle Opera. What’s certain is that this presentation of Wadsworth’s highly popular and acclaimed 2000 staging is the company’s strongest performance yet of the epic-more vivid, more gripping, more moving than ever. That’ll be early in the tenure of incoming general director Aidan Lang-perhaps too early for him to start a Ring from scratch. This summer’s Seattle Opera performances of Richard Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung may or may not be the last go-round for the current production directed by Stephen Wadsworth-what’s been termed their “green Ring.” Assuming the four-year rotation continues, 2017 is the next date scheduled for the company’s staging of the tetralogy (Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, Gotterdammerung). ![]()
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