Michigan Opera Theatre is taking opera to a whole new level – literally – with Twilight: Gods, a one-of-a-kind musical experience inside the Detroit Opera House Parking Center.
So, what exactly is it? The theater describes it as "part live performance, part immersive installation." And it's definitely something you want to check out this weekend as summer turns to fall and people look for ways to stay entertained and engaged during the dark days of the pandemic.
Specifically, audiences will remain in their cars to experience scenes from the final opera of Wagner's Ring Cycle on various levels of the parking structure.
"The "drive-thru" performance features an extraordinary cast in an entirely new light: Christine Goerke, the world's leading Brünnhilde; internationally-acclaimed tenor Sean Panikkar as Siegfried; and the magnificent bass Morris Robinson as Hagen. Detroit cultural icon Marsha Music performs new poetry that connects Wagner's mythological world with the here-and-now of our city and our time," the theater said in a press release.
Notably, Twilight: Gods is conceived and directed by Yuval Sharon and marks his first production as MOT's newly-appointed Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director.
"Co-commissioned by Michigan Opera Theatre and Lyric Opera of Chicago, Twilight: Gods is a return to live performance and the beginning of a new, innovative era at Michigan Opera Theatre," a spokesman added.
In the opera, the theater says Erda, Mother Earth, introduces us to the story of a golden ring that gives eternal power to whoever possesses it. For generations, gods, giants and dwarves have fought for possession of the ring, and many have died in their power-hungry pursuit. Brünnhilde, Erda's daughter with the chief god Wotan, is the one destined to bring about the end of this struggle.
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