Event

DAS BARBECÜ in Concert

"There's a ring of gold in Fremont..."

Originally commissioned by Seattle Opera's Speight Jenkins to accompany their internationally renowned production of Wagner's RING CYCLE, DAS BARBECÜ is a two-hour retelling of Wagner's "Ring" cycle, specifically the fourth opera, Götterdammerüng, that sets Brünnhilde, Siegfried, Wotan and the gang in the middle of Texas and the "Valhalla" Ranch. With music by Seattle composer Scott Warrender and book and lyrics by Jim Luigs, BARBECÜ is a witty Texas fable with five actors playing more than 30 outrageous characters at breakneck speed. Songs run the gamut from Broadway to Texas swing, from jazz to twangy country and western. Mismatched lovers who meet on the day of their shotgun double wedding, three generations of feuding families and a magic ring of power make for a fast and furious love letter to Wagner's great epic.

This special 3 night concert event features an All Star cast of Seattle theater's best, many of them veterans of previous local productions, directed by Richard Ziman (Wotan in ACT Theater's most recent iteration) with music direction by Mark Rabe.

Joshua Carter................Siegfried
Leslie Law......................Gutrune
John Patrick Lowrie........Wotan
Jayne Muirhead..............Fricka
Billie Wildrick.................Brünnhilde

August 12-14 at 7:30pm
West of Lenin
203 N 36th Street
Seattle, WA 98103

Need your RING fix but can't afford the opera? DAS BARBECÜ gives you 1/4 of the epic for 1/40th the price!

Presented under the auspices of the Equity Members' Project Code and by special agreement with Samuel French, Inc.