Met Opera's New Ring Cycle Continues with 'Siegfried' Live Nov. 5

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Jay Hunter Morris sings the title role in Wagner’s “Siegfried,” showing at The Met: Live in HD on Nov. 5 at Potsdam’s Roxy Theater.

POTSDAM, NY (10/20/2011)(readMedia)-- The Metropolitan Opera will present the next highly-anticipated installment of its new Ring Cycle in an upcoming performance of Richard Wagner's "Siegfried," which will be broadcast live on The Met: Live in HD to movie theaters across the world.

The third installment of Wagner's epic opera cycle, in "Siegfried" the composer's cosmic vision focuses on his hero's early conquests. The opera follows the journey of Siegfried, son of Siegmund and Sieglinde, from naive fearless boy to supreme hero. With the re-forged sword of his father, he conquers magical obstacles to reach his prize, Brünnhilde.

Jay Hunter Morris sings the title role, and Deborah Voigt's Brünnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. Fabio Luisi conducts.

In this new Metropolitan Opera production, director Robert Lepage's revolutionary stage machine transforms itself from bewitched forest to mountaintop love nest. Lepage's Ring production uses a technologically advanced set, comprised of 24 flexible planks that can be configured into a variety of shapes. The staging for this opera will also incorporate new projection technologies to vividly create the mysterious and dangerous world of Siegfried.

Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Siegfried this season. He has conducted complete cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen, most recently at the Dresden State Opera in Germany, and last season led two critically acclaimed performances of Das Rheingold at the Met.

Wagner's "Siegfried" will screen live at noon on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Potsdam's Roxy Theater. The opera will be performed in German, with English subtitles. The approximate expected running time is six hours, with intermission breaks.

Crane student Jeffri Peralta will present a pre-opera talk a half-hour before all live performances this fall, including at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 5 in the movie theater to discuss "Siegfried" before it airs.

In the North Country, SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music and J.S. Cinemas sponsor the 2011-12 season of The Met: Live in HD. Music-lovers and novices alike can watch the staging live from the Metropolitan stage in New York City, where high-definition cameras capture the action and the dramatic music is presented in surround sound, with English subtitles.

The Metropolitan Opera's The Met: Live in HD series has won both Peabody and Emmy Awards, and sold more than 2.6 million tickets last season, expanding to 1,600 theaters in 54 countries.

Ticket prices for the series are the lowest available in the nation: $18 for an adult, $15 for senior citizens, $12 for students and $9 for youth age 18 and under.

Tickets are available by calling the Community Performance Series Box Office at (315) 267-2277, or visiting the Roxy Theater or Northern Music & Video in downtown Potsdam or the CPS Box Office in the lobby of Sara M. Snell Music Theater. You can also reserve tickets online by visiting www.cpspotsdam.org.

To find out more about the Metropolitan Opera's new Ring Cycle, visit ringcycle.metoperafamily.org.

For more information on the 2011-12 The Met: Live in HD season, visit the Metropolitan Opera website at www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/liveinhd/LiveinHD.aspx.

To learn more about The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, visit www.potsdam.edu/crane.

Founded in 1886, SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music has a long legacy of excellence in music education and performance. Life at Crane includes an incredible array of more than 300 recitals, lectures and concerts presented by faculty, students and guests each year. The Crane School of Music is the State University of New York's only All-Steinway institution, and is celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2011.

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