If you are visually impaired or blind, you can visit the PDF version by Pressing CONTROL + ALT + 4
<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> TABLE OF CONTENTS<br /> Welcome from the Board Chairman 4<br /> Welcome from the Executive Director 6<br /> FEATURES<br /> Director’s Note by Francesca Zambello 8<br /> “I Have Seen the End of the World”: Experiencing The Ring 14<br /> Wagner the Environmentalist? 20<br /> The Evolution of Wagner’s Ring 22<br /> The Washington Ring: A Decade in the Making 24<br /> WNO Music Director Philippe Auguin on The Ring 26<br /> Annotating The Ring 28<br /> Perspectives on The Ring 31<br /> Good Wishes from Plácido Domingo 37<br /> THE RING EXPERIENCE<br /> Ring Symposia <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=1"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=2"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=3"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=4"> TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome from the Board Chairma</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=5"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=6"> WELCOME FROM THE BOARD CHAIRMAN Dear Friends,</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=7"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=8"> WELCOME FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Frie</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=9"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=10"> DIRECTOR’S NOTE BY FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO The g</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=11"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=12"> DIRECTOR’S NOTE The parallels of our own conte</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=13"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=14"> FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO ON CREATING THE WORLD OF THE R</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=15"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=16"> The Rhinegold, photo by Cory Weaver for San Franc</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=17"> In his book The Nibelung’s Ring, Peter Bassett wr</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=18"> EXPERIENCING THE RING LEITMOTIFS IN ACTION • </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=19"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=20"> EXPERIENCING THE RING the doomed hero’s love.</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=21"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=22"> WAGNER THE ENVIRONMENTALIST? Kip Cranna “From</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=23"> her sister Waltraute): “If she [Brünnhilde] would</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=24"> THE EVOLUTION OF WAGNER’S RING Kip Cranna Wag</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=25"> The verse draft of the libretto for The Young Sie</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=26"> THE WASHINGTON RING: A DECADE IN THE MAKING Kip C</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=27"> Describing the San Francisco mounting of the prod</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=28"> WNO MUSIC DIRECTOR PHILIPPE AUGUIN ON THE RING </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=29"> interpretation and the technical mastery for the </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=30"> ANNOTATING THE RING The writers in this sectio</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=31"> Ever Stirs the Soul: Exploring Wagner’s Alchemy i</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=32"> ANNOTATING THE RING On Ring Productions Richa</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=33"> PERSPECTIVES ON THE RING Alan Held Wotan When </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=34"> PERSPECTIVES ON THE RING Elizabeth Bish</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=35"> Jacqueline Badger Mars Chairman, WNO Board of Tru</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=36"> PERSPECTIVES ON THE RING Andrew Jorgensen WNO D</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=37"> Bob and Jamie Craft Founding Patrons, Opera Legac</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=38"> PERSPECTIVES ON THE RING Marsha LeBoeuf WNO Cos</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=39"> GOOD WISHES FROM PLÁCIDO DOMINGO To all my dear </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=40"> THE RING EXPERIENCE RING SYMPOSIA Curated and m</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=41"> SPECIAL EVENTS PRE-PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS North Mi</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=42"> THE RING EXPERIENCE LECTURE SERIES WITH SAUL LIL</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=43"> IN THE GIFT SHOP Browse our Hall of States Gift </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=44"> </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=45"> The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=46"> SYNOPSIS THE RHINEGOLD SCENE 1 The opera opens</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=47"> Conductor Philippe Auguin Director Francesca Zam</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=48"> SYNOPSIS THE VALKYRIE Events between The Rhineg</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=49"> Conductor Philippe Auguin Director Francesca Zam</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=50"> SYNOPSIS SIEGFRIED Events between The Valkyrie </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=51"> Conductor Philippe Auguin Director Francesca Zam</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=52"> SYNOPSIS TWILIGHT OF THE GODS PROLOGUE The thre</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=53"> Conductor Philippe Auguin Director Francesca Zam</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=54"> THE WORLD OF THE RING THE GODS Erda Goddess of</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=55"> Fricka Goddess of marriage ELIZABETH BISHOP THE </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=56"> VIOLIN I Oleg Rylatko, Concertmaster Eric Lee, As</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=57"> Tim Augustin Connie Coffelt Bailey James S. Baile</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=58"> MEET THE ARTISTS French conductor </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=59"> Verdi’s Messa da requiem with the South Dakota Sy</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=60"> MEET THE ARTISTS Kentridge. He made his succes</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=61"> Prince Galitsky in Prince Igor at the Metr</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=62"> MEET THE ARTISTS A native of</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=63"> in Vancouver Opera’s production of Rigoletto, Por</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=64"> MEET THE ARTISTS debut with Florida Grand Oper</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=65"> American soprano Lori Phillips </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=66"> MEET THE ARTISTS mezzo soloist in Beethoven’s </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=67"> Desk nomination), Awake and Sing, (Drama Desk Awa</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=68"> MEET THE ARTISTS Women at San Francisco Opera,</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=69"> and The Thomashefsky Project. She is co-director </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=70"> PERSPECTIVES ON THE RING </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=71"> Jill Krynicki Assistant Stage Manager When did y</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=72"> PERSPECTIVES ON THE RING Meagan Miller </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=73"> Thomas Bagwell Assistant Conductor Have you seen</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=74"> PERSPECTIVES ON THE RING  Jamie Barton </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=75"> Susan Robinson Principal Harp, WNO Orchestra Whe</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=76"> PERSPECTIVES ON THE RING Arya Anoush Bal</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=77"> Anne Ford-Coates Hair and Makeup Designer When d</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=78"> DONORS Washington National Opera acknowledges t</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=79"> BRÜNNHILDE The Home Depot Mr. and Mrs. John Larue</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=80"> DONORS Sally Davidson Mr. Robert Dennis Peter </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=81"> WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Offic</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=82"> BOARD OF TRUSTEES Honorary Chairs Mrs. Michelle O</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=83"> KENNEDY CENTER INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON THE ART</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=84"> THE KENNEDY CENTER CIRCLES BOARD Co-Chairmen </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=85"> CORPORATE FUND BOARD Chair David M. Cote Chairman</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=86"> Corporate donors contributing $5,000 or more as o</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=87"> Individual and Foundation donors contributing $1,</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=88"> TRUSTEES’ CIRCLE The American Ireland Fund DC Com</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=89"> Mrs. Cortright Wetherill, Jr. Howard Woolley PRO</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=90"> Drs. Joanne and Frank Crantz Mr. and Mrs. Irvin L</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=91"> Ellen and Roy Rosenthal Sander M. Bieber and </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=92"> Nancy Marie Casper Ms. Clotilda B. Cassidy Dr. Jo</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 93" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=93"> Robert E. Heggestad Ms. Sharon L. Heinle and </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 94" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=94"> Ms. Alina M. Montano Mr. Don Montgomery Mr. Lynn </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 95" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=95"> Sally and Bill Snyder Karen Sonneborn Ms. Maria S</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 96" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=96"> AlliedSignal Inc. The Alvord Foundation Dr. Josep</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 97" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=97"> Drs. Susan and Perry Klein Jerry Knoll Ms. Susan </a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 98" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=98"> Staff Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director Phil</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 99" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=99"> CLASSIC. CONTEMPORARY. AMERICAN. Pho</a> <a title="WNO The Ring Program Book page 100" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/840ec0b8?page=100"> </a>