Twilight: Gods
A drive-in experience of Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung
Performed at the Millennium Lakeside Parking Garage
April 28, 30, and May 2, 2021

Concept, Direction, and English translation by Yuval Sharon
With new narrative poetry by avery r. young.

Conceived and directed by Sharon, Twilight: Gods is a site-specific adaptation of Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung—the Twilight of the Gods—staged in the Millennium Garages - Millennium Lakeside Parking Garage for Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Inspired as much by the brutal utilitarianism of the parking facility as the safety precautions of the coronavirus era, Twilight: Gods transforms Wagner’s six-hour masterpiece into an hour-long series of dioramic scenes performed in intervals throughout the Parking Garage. Equal parts drive-in theater and opera house event, Twilight: Gods gives audience members the opportunity to watch Wagner’s drama unfold scene-by-scene from the safety of their cars, while the live performance (sung in English) is broadcast to car stereos—a full immersion in the world of the Ring.

Christine Goerke, Brünnhilde
Sean Pannikar, Siegfried
Morris Robinson, Hagen
Donnie Ray Albert, Alberich
Catherine Martin, Waltraute
Maria Novella Malfatti, Rhinemaiden
Katherine Beck, Rhinemaiden
Kathleen Felty, Rhinemaiden

Members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra
William C. Billingham, Music Supervisor
Eric Weimar, Music Supervisor

Production design by Jason H. Thompson and Kaitlyn Pietras
Sound design by Lewis Pesacov
Musical arrangement and orchestration by Ed Windels

Twilight: Gods is a collaboration between Lyric Opera of Chicago and Michigan Opera Theatre.