This summer Seattle Opera produced both its
Ring and
Tristan und Isolde; Ute Vinzing and Edward Sooter did double duty as Brünnhilde/Isolde and Siegmund/Tristan, quite a feat for both of them! Finnish tenor Pentti Perksalo joined the
Ring cast as Siegfried, with Elliot Palay in the English cast. Oskar Hillebrandt sang Alberich, while Malcolm Rivers took a break, and Anthony Raffell joined the Seattle Opera team as Gunther.
Pentti Perksalo (Siegfried) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Carolyn Maia (Flosshilde), Shirley Harned (Wellgunde), Karol Oakley (Woglinde), and Elliot Palay (Siegfried) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Elliot Palay (Siegfried) and Jean Cook (Gutrune) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1981 © Chris Bennion
William Wildermann (Hagen) and Anthony Raffell (Gunther) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Pentti Perksalo (Siegfried) and Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Oskar Hillebrandt (Alberich) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Wilfried Plate (Mime) and Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Pentti Perksalo (Siegfried) and Wilfried Plate (Mime) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) and Ute Vinzing (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) and Diane Curry (Fricka) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Edward Sooter (Siegmund) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Linda Trotter (Sieglinde) and Noel Mangin (Hunding) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Edward Sooter (Siegmund) and Linda Trottter (Sieglinde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Augusto Paglialunga (Froh), Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan) and Diane Curry (Fricka) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Oskar Hillebrandt (Alberich) and Emile Belcourt (Loge) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Noel Mangin (Fafner) and Ferenz Gaal (Fasolt) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Diane Curry (Fricka), Jean Cook (Freia), Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Wotan), and Noel Mangin (Fafner) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1981 © Chris Bennion
Elliot Palay (Siegfried) and William Wildermann (Hagen) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1981 © Chris Bennion
