This summer Anthony Raffell switched over from Gunther to Wotan; Emile Belcourt, an elegant Loge in previous summers, added Siegmund (showing some skin with both costumes!); and Edward Sooter, an exciting Siegmund (and Tristan, the previous summer) took on Siegfried. Meanwhile, a young hotshot lecturer from New York City, Speight Jenkins, made a strong impression on opera-goers in Seattle when he gave the morning lectures.
Linda Trotter (Sieglinde) and Emile Belcourt (Siegmund) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Diane Curry (Fricka), Jean Cook (Freia), and Anthony Raffell (Wotan) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Noel Mangin (Fafner), Ferenz Gaal (Fasolt), Anthony Raffell (Wotan), and Emile Belcourt (Loge) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Emile Belcourt (Loge) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Anthony Raffell (Wotan) and Diane Curry (Fricka) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Anthony Raffell (Wotan) and Diane Curry (Fricka) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Anna Levitska (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Anthony Raffell (Wotan) and Janice Yoes (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Edward Sooter (Siegfried) and William Forney (Mime) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1982 © Chris Bennion
William Forney (Mime) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Janice Yoes (Brünnhilde) and Edward Sooter (Siegfried) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Elliot Palay (Siegfried) and Archie Drake (Gunther) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Archie Drake (Gunther), Anna Levitska (Brünnhilde), and Elliot Palay (Siegfried) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1982 © Chris Bennion
William Wildermann (Hagen) and Anna Levitska (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Elliot Palay (Siegfried) and William Wildermann (Hagen) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Anna Levitska (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 1982 © Chris Bennion
Norman Smith (Donner), Anthony Raffell (Wotan), andDiane Curry (Fricka) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 1982 © Chris Bennion
