The Festival was launched with a party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on the evening of 14 April 2010.
Here are some video clips of that launch:
- daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra played Wagner as the Rhine Maidens found a table at the party, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32TQSy9hHT0
- a Wagner Horn call announced the beginning of the Festival, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gqL59bb1io
- conductor James Conlon spoke at the launch, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9xv4dF5ns
- the Verdi Chorus added their voices to the party, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9icuTwGEjE
- leader of the Festival, Barry Sanders spoke, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mu1UNKCkWM
- the Rhine Maidens sang the siren song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNetuwPlqQQ
- the food scene was lively and appealing, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeJOO0VAc4k
The several hundred party-goers brought together art groups, civic leaders, and educators in the Los Angeles are. An auspicious beginning of the coming Festival through June 2010.
Filed under: Festival 2010, Los Angeles culture, LA Ring Festival 2010, Los Angeles Ring Festival, Ring of the Nibelung
