{"id":525,"date":"2010-09-27T12:12:43","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T12:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=525"},"modified":"2010-09-27T12:12:43","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T12:12:43","slug":"one_ring_to_rule_them_all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2010\/09\/one_ring_to_rule_them_all\/","title":{"rendered":"One ring to rule them all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Metropolitan Opera&#8217;s season opens tonight with a new production of Wagner&#8217;s <i>Das Rheingold<\/i>. I will be wearing a gold dress and drinking at Valhalla after, why? Because I like a well-curated event. I also plan on asking Eric if I can borrow the ring for the night. It&#8217;s entirely possible that the Met costume department will Wotan&#8217;s-spear off my finger, but I&#8217;m gonna give it a go. Again, because I like an event. <\/p>\n<p>As usual, the Met has provided multiple ways for folks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metoperafamily.org\/metopera\/news\/features\/detail.aspx?id=12400\">experience the production<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>At the Opera House<\/b><br \/>The Met&#8217;s 2010-11 season kicks off on September 27 with the gala premiere of Robert Lepage&#8217;s new production of Wagner&#8217;s Das Rheingold. James Levine, celebrating his&nbsp;40th anniversary with the Met, will conduct, and Bryn Terfel stars as Wotan. Curtain time is 6.45pm EST. <i>[Note from Amanda: The run is completely sold out, so this isn&#8217;t actually an option anymore!]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>In Times Square<\/b><br \/>Opening Night will be transmitted live to multiple giant screens in Times Square. Approximately 2,000 seats will be available on a first come, first served basis, with additional standing room provided. Pre-show coverage, including red-carpet interviews and special features, starts at 6.15pm EST.<br \/><b><br \/>On Lincoln Center Plaza<\/b><br \/>The performance will also be shown on a screen on the Met fa\u00e7ade, with 3,000 seats available on Lincoln Center&#8217;s Josie Robertson Plaza. Pre-show coverage, including red-carpet interviews and special features, starts at 6.15pm EST. Free tickets, with a limit of two per person, will be distributed at the Met box office beginning Sunday, September 26, at noon.<i> [Note from Amanda: All the tickets have been distributed!]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>On the Air<\/b><br \/>The Opening Night Gala will be broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio on SIRIUS XM and streamed live on the Met&#8217;s website. Both transmissions feature pre-show coverage, starting at 6pm EST.<br \/><b><br \/>The Met: Live in HD<\/b><br \/>The October 9 performance of Das Rheingold kicks off the Met&#8217;s fifth season of Live in HD transmissions, now seen&nbsp;in more than 1,500&nbsp;theaters in 46 countries. The transmission will be hosted by Deborah Voigt, who later this season makes her role debut as Br\u00fcnnhilde in the Ring&#8217;s second installment, Die Walk\u00fcre.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is mildly hard to believe classical music is dying when New Yorkers are lining up around Lincoln Center for tickets to the plaza simulcast of a completely sold-out Wagner opera. From the Met&#8217;s (excellent) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/metopera\">Twitter feed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MetRing.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/MetRing.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"373\" width=\"500\" \/>Also, a favor: if you&#8217;re braving the rain and going to Times Square tonight, can you take a picture of Eric Owens on the big screen for me? There&#8217;s a signed program and my eternal gratitude in it for you if you do. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Metropolitan Opera&#8217;s season opens tonight with a new production of Wagner&#8217;s Das Rheingold. I will be wearing a gold dress and drinking at Valhalla after, why? Because I like a well-curated event. I also plan on asking Eric if I can borrow the ring for the night. 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