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| Alexandra LoBianco (Brünnhilde) & Bass Timothy Bruno (Wotan) Photo © Ron Lindsey, 2013 All Rights Reserved |
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| Dr. Scott Stearman |
Stearman, senior pastor of Kirkwood Baptist Church and adjunct faculty member of Webster University and Missouri Baptist University, returns to UAO after his popular lectures last season to lead us on an exploration of themes in the Ring Cycle and Die Walküre. This lecture begins tonight at 7 p.m. on August 8 in the Fellowship Gallery at Union Avenue Opera, 733 N. Union Blvd., and is FREE and open to the public. Attendees will be treated to a guest performance by select cast members of Die Walküre.
Power, Polytheism, Polyamory, & Impotence in Wagner’s Valkyrie.
Can you truly love more than one person? Does love oppose power? Why do leaders fall victim to seductive crass power instead of seeking mutual agreement? Does father really know best? In this talk, Stearman will address these questions as he leads us on an exploration of themes in the Ring cycle and Die Walküre. This second installment in the cycle deals with questions most of us face regularly: questions of love and marriage, sex and responsibility, power and politics, and parents and honor. Die Walküre is a rich, multi-layered work that touches on aspects central to our communal and personal lives. Mr. Stearman’s talk will highlight a few of these in anticipation of the enlightening and stirring performances of Wagner’s Valkyrian masterpiece. There will be a Q&A session following the lecture.
Die Walküre opens August 16 and runs August 17, 23 and 24 at Union Avenue Opera, 733 N. Union Blvd. 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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