On Site Opera is set to present “Das Barbecü” this January at the Hill Country Barbecue Market in New York City.

The work, which will be performed nine times between Jan. 26-Feb. 11, 2020 will be a re-imagining of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Texas by way of Chelsea’s most renowned Barbecue pit.

“Das Barbecü” had its world premiered in 1991 at the Seattle Opera and features music by Scott Warrender and lyrics by Jim Luigs; it is being billed as a work where “opera, musical theater and dinner theater intersect.” The production will be directed by Eric Einhorn and Katherine M. Carter with Emily Senturia conducting. The

“The musical is really wonderful about preserving the importance of family relationships from the original Ring story,” stated Eric Einhorn, General and Artistic Director of On Site Opera, in a press release. “That is something that this production will dive deeper into. Some of the characters are larger than life, either in the God-like or Texas sort of way, but the production will focus on the humanity of every character and explore the tricky dynamics we all experience in life and love.”