La Fura dels Baus’ avant-garde and eye-popping production of Wagner’s DAS RHEINGOLD will be the first of eight operas to be shown at the Cedar Lee Theatre throughout the summer.  DAS RHEINGOLD will be shown Wednesday, 13^th at 7:00 PM and Sunday, May 17^th at 2:00 PM and is an experience not to be missed.

In the words of the prestigious German weekly Die Zeit, this production of DAS RHEINGOLD by La Fura dels Baus “quite possibly shows us the path that musical theater will be taking in the future.” There’s no doubt about it: the city of Valencia is setting new accents in 21st-century opera not only with its spectacular new theater designed by Santiago Calatrava, but with its visually transfixing production of Wagner’s Ring, staged by Carlos Padrissa and his theater group La Fura dels Baus. The Barcelona-based Fura blends music, dance, acrobatics and technology into unforgettable stage events of sometimes raw but always captivating power.

The other operas in the series include: HANSEL UND GRETEL from the 2008 Glyndebourne Festival on May 27^th and 31^st; La Scala’s production of VIAGGIO A REIMS on June 10^th and 14^th; Glynebourne’s GIULIO CESARE on June 24^th and 28^th; EUGENE ONEGIN from the Opera de Paris on July 8^th and 12^th; I PURITANI from Teatro Comunale di Bologna on July 22^nd and 26^th; LADY MACBETH OF THE MTSENSK DISTRICT from Maggio Musicale Fiorentino on August 5^th and 9^th; and BENVENUTO CELLINI from the 2008 Salzburg Festival on August 19^th and 23^rd.

Tickets to ballet performances are $15. Tickets to opera performances are $20.