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March 25 at 5:30 pm PT – Green Wagner: Environmental Themes and Challenges in Wagner’s Ring will include director Francesca Zambello, set designer Michael Yeargan and Wagner scholar Kirsten Paige.March 19 at 1 pm PT - Becoming Brünnhildewill feature a conversation with three acclaimed sopranos who have performed the pivotal role of the Valkyrie on the War Memorial Opera House stage: Jane Eaglen (19), Nina Stemme (20) and Iréne Theorin (2018).Morris, who performed the voice of Andy in the Toy Story films.

March 26 at 5:30 pm PT - What’s Opera, Doc?,a panel discussion exploring the intersection of opera and animation featuring Craig Kausen, Chairman of the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and grandson of Jones who directed the Wagner-infused, 1957 Bugs Bunny classic Pixar’s Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter and moderated by San Francisco Opera Guild Program Manager John C.

March 22 at 5:30 pm PT - The Ring from the Pit, San Francisco Opera Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock hosts this conversation with members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra about the skill, concentration and stamina required to rehearse and perform Wagner’s 15-hour masterwork.

#SF OPERA RING FREE#

The Ring Festival schedule featuring an array of interviews, panel discussions and lectures with artists and scholars has been updated, including the addition of two new free events. San Francisco Opera’s online Ring Festival continues throughout March with free streaming of Richard Wagner’s four-part The Ring of the Nibelung and live ticketed events online.

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