Photo: Ken Howard/ Metropolitan Opera
Wagner Fest Features Entire “Ring” Cycle
Opera lovers have a chance this month to take in the entire “Ring” Cycle. The five-day marathon begins with a two-hour special detailing the challenges, and then 17 hours of the massive work over the next four days,
with segments ranging from three hours to five hours. The marathon airs on Monday-Friday, Sept. 10-14, beginning at 9pm (8 MT) each evening. The documentary by filmmaker Susan Froemke starts the Wagner festival, followed by the operas in the cycle – “Das Rheingold,” “Die Walküre,” “Siegfried” and “Götterdämmerung.” Director Robert Lepage, several of the world’s greatest operatic artists and the Metropolitan Opera tackled Wagner’s masterwork. The new production of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” includes: • “Wagner’s Dream” Monday, Sept. 10, 9pm (8 MT), 2 hours. • “Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)” Tuesday, Sept. 11, 9pm (8 MT), 3 hours. • “Die Walkure (The Valkyrie)” Wednesday, Sept. 12, 9pm (8 MT), 4.5 hours. • “Siegfried” Thursday, Sept. 13, 9pm (8 MT), 4.5 hours. • “Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods)” Friday, Sept. 14, 9pm (8 MT), 5 hours.
Special reports will pre-empt SDPB Radio’s Dakota Midday on Mondays in September at Noon (11 MT), including a Labor Day special on Sept. 3 and a series of American RadioWorks in-depth education programs on Sept. 10, 17 & 24. Sept. 3 – Work in Music A Labor Day Special: From mining to manufacturing, housework to ranching, hear surprising information about the labor movement, discrimination, current employment, quitting, firing, and hiring, all highlighted by songs about jobs. Sept. 10 – Grit, Luck and Money: Preparing Kids for College and Getting Them Through: More people are attending college than ever before, but many aren’t finishing. Among low-income students, only nine percent complete a bachelor’s degree by age 24. What leads a few to beat the odds? Sept. 17 – The Rise of Phoenix: For-Profit Universities Shake Up the Academy: The rapid rise of for-profit colleges has provoked
heated debate and opened new conversations about the costs, quality and purpose of higher learning. Sept. 24 – How Technology is Revolutionizing Higher Education: Technology is changing the way many Americans go to college. From free Ivy League online courses to smart-machine mentors, 21st-century students will be taught in fundamentally new ways.
J. Hunter Morris plays the title role in “Siegfried”
Special Reports Air at Midday in September
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