young - stars soprano Christine Goerke /Brünnhilde, mezzo-soprano Catherine Martin/Waltraute, tenor Sean Panikkar/Siegfried, bass Morris Robinson/Hagen, and baritone Donnie Ray Albert/Alberich. This experiential operatic production - conceived, directed, and with new English translations by Sharon, plus original narrative poetry by Chicago interdisciplinary artist avery r. Donnie Ray Albert and Morris RobinsonĬatherine Martin with Lyric Opera Orchestra musician Equal parts drive-in theater and opera house event, Twilight: Gods gave audience members the opportunity to watch Wagner’s drama unfold scene-by-scene from the safety of their cars, while the live performance (sung in English) was broadcast to car stereos - a full immersion in the world of the Ring.
Inspired as much by the brutal utilitarianism of the parking facility as the safety precautions of the coronavirus era, Twilight: Gods transforms Wagner’s six-hour masterpiece into an hour-long series of dioramic scenes performed in intervals throughout the Parking Center. You will also find when you register a program and unique stories behind the production. The new film features live performances, videos, and installations brought to life by singers, instrumental groups, and actors in a story that is recontextualized to its time and place. Nash, who captured every aspect of Sharon’s immersive drive-through opera experience and transformed it into a compelling digital feature, now available to watch on demand until Octofor free by registering at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Named Twilight: Gods, the latter production was turned into a 70-minute film, conceived and directed by Raphael S. (See reviews of Song of the Earth A Trip to the Moon Hopscotch Invisible Cities Crescent City.) Christine Goerkeĭuring the COVID shutdown, Sharon created a drive-in experience, a site-specific, radical re-imagining of Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung - the Twilight of the Gods - which played in parking lots in Detroit (the Detroit Opera House) and Chicago (Lyric Opera at the Millennium Lakeside Parking Garage). I found a few of his pieces musically inaccessible, but man oh man, can this cat create visual splendor in unconventional spaces, such as moving vehicles, operating train stations, and a warehouse. I’ve seen all of the L.A.-born wunderkind’s Los Angeles productions, and this opera re-thinker stages better and with more imagination than most opera directors combined. Leave it to Yuval Sharon (pronounced you-vahl sha-rhone).
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