Berkeley Opera's Legend of the Ring: Get Yer Tickets Now

I bought mine last month, and now that the casting has been announced, I'm very glad. I will conveniently highlight two singers you might be a little surprised to see at Berkeley Opera:

Conductor ........ Jonathan Khuner

Stage Director & Production Designer ........ Mark Streshinsky

Projection Designer ........ Jeremy Knight

CAST

Wotan ........ Richard Paul Fink

Siegfried ........ Jay Hunter Morris

Woglinde, Freia, Sieglinde, Forest Bird, Gutrune ........ Marie Plette

Hagen ........ Dean Peterson

Brünnhilde ........ Christine Springer

Alberich ........ Bojan Knezovic

Loge, Mime ........ Stephen Rumph

Fricka ........ Valentina Osinski

Yes, that's Richard Paul Fink, the premier Alberich of our time, singing the Father of Gods. His web site says he's singing Gunther as well, following in the footsteps of Friedrich Schorr. Does this mean there are some big-house Wotans in his future? I'd pay to see it, you bet. And Jay Hunter Morris has a good career hisownself.

Here are the dates and times:

Saturday, July 31, 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, August 4, 7:30 p.m. (note early start time)

Friday, August 6, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, August 8, 2:00 p.m.

Performing Arts Theater,

El Cerrito High School,

540 Ashbury Ave, El Cerrito

Tickets are $15-$65

Oh, and...it'd be nice if Berkeley Opera put up bios of Christine Springer (Brunnhilde), Bojan Knezovic (Alberich), and Stephen Rumph (Loge & Mime), too.