II: THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG
Richard Wagner/Joseph Swensen
Ring Odyssey
AILE ASSZONYI soprano, MATI TURI tenor, EAMT Symphony Orchestra, ERSO, conductor JOSEPH SWENSEN
In November, conductor Joseph Swensen returns to ERSO, this time with a large-scale project. In May 2023, his Ring Odyssey was performed for the first time ever in Toulouse. It is a musical journey based on Richard Wagner’s tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen that passes through all four operas. It offers a rare opportunity to listen to the music of the tetralogy, lasting 15 hours altogether in the original, condensed into a single concert.
Soprano Aile Asszonyi and tenor Mati Turi will perform the solos. Asszonyi’s dramatic soprano is particularly well-suited for major roles in the operas of Wagner and Strauss. She is the second Estonian to perform at one of the most powerful opera events in the world – the Bayreuth Wagner Festival. Mati Turi has sung a number of roles in Wagner’s works as well. His latest performance with Asszonyi was in Tristan and Isolde produced by Theatre Vanemuine. The musicians of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Symphony Orchestra will join ERSO on the stage.