Steven Humes' 2012-13 Season Offers Ring Cycles in Munich and Geneva; König Heinrich in Beijing; Concerts in Torino and Palma de Mallorca; Wagner, Wagner and More Wagner.
In November, Steven travels to China to perform another role premiere as König Heinrich in Wagner's Lohengrin at Beijing's NCPA. Steven then returns to Hamburg for Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte followed shortly by his first interpretation of Fafner in both Das Rheingold and Siegfried in the Bayerische Staatsoper's RING. Steven's second RING of the season will be again as Fafner in a collaboration with Dieter Dorn in his much anticipated Das Rheingold in Geneva. Siegfried will follow in 2013-14.
Spring sees Steven In Paris (♪ ♫) returning to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as Commendatore in Mozart's Don Giovanni and performing his first Hunding as the Teatre Principal de Palma celebrates in concert form Wagner's Walküre in Palma de Mallorca. As a local favorite in Munich, this July Steven returns once again to the world famous Bayerische Staatoper Festspiel for repeat performances of Das Rheingold and Siegfried.
With two complete RING cycle performances in January, one again in July, separate Walküre, Holländer and Lohengrin performances with a Rheingold from yet another RING cycle to be completed next year, you can't actually say that Steven Humes has done FIVE RING cycles this season... but you can say that this (with a side of Mozart and a dash of Berlioz) is a hell of a lot of Wagner to put on anyone's plate. -SW