Said Paul Dawson-Bowling in the UK Wagner Society Newsletter: “The Seattle <i>Ring</i> is infinitely worth the round trip of 13,000 miles, and wild horses will not keep me away when it is staged again in five years time.” The new production, by Stephen Wadsworth and designers Thomas Lynch, Martin Pakledinaz, and Peter Kaczorowski, earned praise both for its vivid, hyper-real look and its psychologically astute story-telling.
Lisa Saffer (Woglinde), Laura Tucker (Flosshilde) and Mary Phillips (Wellgunde) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 2001. © Gary Smith
Gabor Andrasy (Hagen) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 2001. © Chris Bennion
Phillip Joll (Wotan) and Nancy Maultsby (Erda) in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 2001. © Chris Bennion
Phillip Joll (Wotan) and Thomas Harper (Mime) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 2001. © Chris Bennion
Alan Woodrow (Siegfried) and Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Siegfried, 2001. © Gary Smith
Jane Eaglen (Brünnhilde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 2001. © Chris Bennion
Phillip Joll (Wotan) and Stephanie Blythe (Fricka) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 2001. © Chris Bennion
Mark Baker (Siegmund) and Margaret Jane Wray (Sieglinde) in Wagner’s Die Walküre, 2001. © Gary Smith
Greer Grimsley (Gunther) in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, 2001. © Chris Bennion
