Greer Grimsley News

The road to Valhalla is paved with more than gods, heroes, and rings. This summer Seattle Opera is giving you a peek into the massive preparations a production of the Ring requires, in a series of 10-minute behind-the-scenes videos, called The Road to Valhalla. The first video, released on the website last week, features Speight Jenkins' conversations with several artists?including Janice Baird (Brünnhilde), Greer Grimsley (Wotan), and director Stephen Wadsworth, among others?plus a glimpse at the artists in rehearsal. Four additional segments will be released this summer, delving into costume creation, sets and props, special effects, and the orchestra and chorus. Check back each Tuesday through August 4 for future installments.

The road to Valhalla is paved with more than gods, heroes, and rings. This summer Seattle Opera is giving you a peek into the massive preparations a production of the Ring requires, in a series of 10-minute behind-the-scenes videos, called The Road to Valhalla. The first video, released on the website last week, features Speight Jenkins' conversations with several artists?including Janice Baird (Brünnhilde), Greer Grimsley (Wotan), and director Stephen Wadsworth, among others?plus a glimpse at the artists in rehearsal. Four additional segments will be released this summer, delving into costume creation, sets and props, special effects, and the orchestra and chorus. Check back each Tuesday through August 4 for future installments.

Single tickets for the individual Ring des Nibelungen operas will go on sale to the general public in a web pre-sale starting June 6

Tickets for Seattle Opera's 2009 Ring cycles will go on sale to the general public in an online pre-sale beginning at 10:00 a.m. PST on November 12, and by phone and in person beginning Saturday, November 15 at 10:00 a.m. PST.

Under the leadership of General Director Speight Jenkins, Seattle Opera has become known as 'America's Bayreuth,' drawing worldwide audiences to its acclaimed productions of all of Richard Wagner's major works, especially sold-out performances of Der Ring des Nibelungen, the composer's cycle of four epic operas-Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, and Gotterdammerung.