- Patricia Rice of the St. Louis Beacon interviews the artists of Das Rheingold and provides history on Wagner's Ring as well as its performance history in St. Louis.
- Sarah Bryan Miller interviews Scott Schoonover and Rheingold stage director Karen Coe Miller for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
RADIO & AUDIO
- Jim Althoff of Cityscape interviews Karen Coe Miller and Wagner lecturer Scott Stearman.
- Scott Schoonover guests on KDHX's Break A Leg with hosts Deborah Sharn and Scott Miller to discuss the production and the Jonathan Dove reduction of the score.
- Those who missed Scott Stearman's August 9th lecture--Sublime, Beauty from a Sinister Soul?--can hear it now via YouTube.
Want a chance to hobnob with cast and crew of Das Rheingold on Opening Night? UAO hosts an Opening Night Reception on August 17 after the performance at Tavern of Fine Arts. Click here for more information!
UAO's FREE Educational Series continues Thursday night, August 16 at 7:00pm at Union Avenue Opera, with Scott Stearman's lecture On God, Gods, and Ecstatically Singing for Sex: Wagner’s Love of Love in the Ring Cycle. Glen Bauer, Ph.D., Associate Chair of the Webster University Music Department will also give lectures one hour before each Friday performance (August 17/24) at Union Avenue Opera. All lectures are FREE and open to ticket holders and the general public.
Das Rheingold opens August 17 and runs August 18, 24, 25 at Union Avenue Opera, 733 N. Union Blvd. All performances begin at 8:00pm. Production sung in German with projected English supertitles. Tickets may be purchased online at www.unionavenueopera.org or by calling 314-361-2881.
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