"u" the opera

Klingon opera

Not Wagner, but let's be honest here. The Nordic sagas that we love are cut from the same cloth as all the warrior mythology. And Star Trek has certainly taken its place as a major interpreter of that heroic mythology. So it's sort of a second-cousin-once-removed from Wagner's Ring.

Sure, it's odd, but if I were anywhere near the Netherlands next week, I'd definitely attend, if only for the value of being able to say, "Why yes, I've seen a Klingon opera!". (And while I'm not a Trekkie, these characters are just as alive to Star Trek fans as Wotan, Brünnhilde and Siegfried are to us Wagnerians.).

The next performance of the opera ‘u’ will be:

9, 10, 11 and 12 September 2010
Theater Zeebelt

De Constant Rebecqueplein 20A

The Hague
For reservations email kassa@zeebelt.nl or call +31 (0) 70 3656546

And if you want to know more, there's lots of u and Klingon lore here, including a couple of videos in the Klingon language.

http://www.u-theopera.org/

Thanks to OperaBobb for sending this tidbit in his newsletter.