F6 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2012 LIVING SUNDAY LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | LEXGO.COM KIRKMAN From Page F1 among viewers ages 18 to 49 were the highest of any entertainment series this fall, including all broadcast shows. Millions more will be able to watch the third episode Sunday because AMC recently worked out a contract dispute with Dish Network to begin airing the channel again. Kirkman, 34, who moved to California about two years ago, has remained tied to his Kentucky roots. He was born in Lexington and grew up in Cynthiana, a setting in the comic-book version of The Walking Dead (although not the TV show, which has been set exclusively in Georgia). Buy photo reprints at Kentucky.com RICH COPLEY | [email protected] He visits Lexington In honor of his late wife, Metropolitan Opera Hall of Fame soprano Gail Robinson, Henno several times a year, he said, to see friends and Lohmeyer is launching a series of Lexington concerts by internationally acclaimed opera singers. family — and to eat at some IF YOU GO it sold out,” Lohmeyer says. of his favorite restaurants, COPLEY “In Lexington, people don’t including deSha’s and Gail Robinson Series Gumbo Ya-Ya. From Page F1 know who the hell she is. What: Inaugural season of a series The same goes for Christine “I have tried gumbo a strong track record of concerts by internationally Goerke. So I feel a little bit place after gumbo place JOHN SHEARER | ASSOCIATED PRESS acclaimed opera singers of bringing in marquee like I’m Don Quixote with here in L.A., and there is At the Season 3 premiere party for The Walking Dead, Robert instrumentalists such as Where: Haggin Hall, Transylvania the impossible dream, the nothing that compares,” he Kirkman, left, the Kentuckian who created the comic book on violinist Itzhak Perlman University campus man of La Mancha fighting said. which the AMC series is based, greeted Chris Hardwick, who hosts and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, but Tickets: $30-$50 single-concert the windmills.” Struggling to work long The Talking Dead, a live show that airs after each new episode. it has been light on high- tickets, $75-$135 series tickets. Goerke, who performs distance on The Walking profile singers who can give Available at Singletary Center Saturday, has appeared at Dead compelled Kirkman Gabrielle Dudgeon, vice “It’s a very popular event, Lexington audiences an idea ticket office, (859) 257-4929 or most of the major opera to pack up and move out president of promotions and a lot of people are really where area opera students Scfatickets.com. houses in the United States West with his wife and kids for the Student Activities excited for him coming to hope to end up someday. Learn more: Unitedartists and Europe, including when the show’s first season Board, said the group Lexington,” she said. andauthors.com. premiered in 2010. contacted Kirkman Kirkman said he was Lohmeyer plans to change the Met and La Scala. that starting this week with SCHEDULE She is finishing a run in Since then, he and his after learning of The looking forward to the talk and the trip home. His the Gail Robinson Series, All concerts at 7:30 p.m. the title role of Richard family have acclimated to Walking Dead’s Kentucky named in honor of his wife, Strauss’s Elektra at Lyric Hollywood life — mostly. connection. Kentucky heritage helps keep who died in 2008 after a Opera of Chicago; The Wall “It’s been a fairly smooth Not only is Kirkman him grounded in the face of long battle with rheumatoid Street Journal called her transition,” he said. “It’s from here, but the main The Walking Dead’s massive arthritis. performance “a triumph.” definitely a little strange character of the show and critical and commercial The lineup features three DeYoung has an coming out here and being comic books, Rick Grimes, success. singers who developed equally impressive résumé in a much bigger, much was conceived as a police Kirkman said he’s enjoying relationships with Robinson specializing in dramatic work busier city.” officer from Cynthiana who the ride, putting his stamp as they came up through of composers such as Gustav Sometimes he hears had never fired his gun in of approval on every aspect the Met’s Young Artist and Mahler and Richard Wagner. gunshots in the distance the line of duty before the of the show’s production, but Auditions programs: soprano Her fall engagements from his office, he said, dead came back to life. he’s preparing for the day Christine Goerke, mezzo- include a performance of a sound he never heard In the comics, Rick and when it ends. soprano Michelle DeYoung Sergei Prokofiev’s Alexander working in Central other survivors make several “I’m having a lot of fun CHRISTIAN STEINER Kentucky. And L.A.’s stop- trips between Cynthiana, with it, but 15 or 16 years and a name familiar to local Nevsky with the Philadelphia opera fans, tenor Gregory Orchestra in November. and-go-but-mostly-stop Atlanta and Washington, down the road, I could be Nov. 3: Soprano Christine Goerke, traffic presented a learning D.C. However, Rick’s in a very different place Turay. The series launches pianist Bradley Moore Turay, a UK graduate Saturday with Goerke’s who helped bring the school curve for Kirkman, who was hometown is never specified doing very different things,” performance at Transylvania to Robinson’s attention, has used to driving on clear in the TV show. he said. “I try to always be University’s Haggin had numerous triumphs, country roads. Kirkman said Tuesday aware of that.” Auditorium. including the world premiere “Now, I’ve gotten used that Grimes was not based “When I started this thing, of William Bolcom’s A View to L.A. traffic, so it’s a on any particular Cynthiana Josh Kegley: (859) 231-3197. I said we want to present a From the Bridge. Recently little bit strange to be on police officer. Twitter: @HLpublicsafety. few concerts, and maybe it’s he taken time off to study at the road (in Kentucky) and “I led a pretty boring not a bad idea to also honor UK and teach at Transylvania be able to actually drive, life, so I didn’t have a lot of which you can’t really do contact with police officers her,” says Lohmeyer, 80, his UNITED ARTISTS AND AUTHORS AGENCY University and is starting a voice starting to break when career reboot that January’s here,” he said. “Sometimes in Cynthiana,” he said. talking about his late wife. Jan. 12: Tenor Gregory Turay, concert is designed to launch. I find myself speeding “Rick is pretty much wholly The years immediately pianist Cliff Jackson Lohmeyer is hoping the because I’m not used to created in my head. EXCLUSIVE DOWNTOWN! after her death were solitary series will launch a growing being able to control my Tuesday’s event is open SAT/SUN: 1:20 3:25 5:20 7:40 9:40 for Lohmeyer. appreciation for world-class own speed.” to the public, and tick- He came to the United opera singing that his late The event at UK is the ets are not required, but States about 40 years ago wife wished for Lexington. first in what organizers Dudgeon recommended that from Germany, where he was “I owe it to Gail,” he says. say will be a series called people show up early. She a journalist and eventually “Behind the Lens,” which said the Student Activities Board expected Memorial transitioned into a career as Rich Copley: (859) 231-3217. will chronicle actors, a television producer and Twitter: @copiousnotes. directors and producers with Hall to fill to capacity artist agent. After moving to Blog: copiousnotes.bloginky.com. Kentucky ties. quickly. Lexington with Robinson in 1999, he retired and did things CHRISTIAN STEINER like work on the Kentucky ADVERTISEMENT District round of the National April 19: Mezzo-soprano Michelle for descriptions of movies Council Auditions. Lohmeyer DeYoung, pianist Kevin Murphy playing in central kentucky, was instrumental in bringing see Weekender on Fridays or in some high-profile judges movie guide 24/7 encouraged Lohmeyer to from the Met such as baritone get back into production Samuel Ramey and soprano and management. Lohmeyer Anna Moffo. now runs United Artists and After Robinson’s death, Authors Agency, a firm with there were temptations to a small office in downtown leave Lexington. His and Lexington’s World Trade Robinson’s children wanted TIMES FOR SUNDAY 10/28 ONLY Center. The clientele includes FALL CLASSIC FILM SERIES PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (PG 13) cc HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (PG) him to move closer to YOUNG FRANKENSTIEN (PG) 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 *9:00 AM (SAT & SUN) 11:50 AM 2:40 ST a number of former UK 2:00 PM AND 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31 PITCH PERFECT (PG 13) cc 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 SILENT HILL: REVELATION (R) them in Washington, D.C. *9:00 AM (SAT & SUN) 11:40 AM 5:10 10:30 students, including sopranos THE ORIGINAL HALLOWEEN (1978) (R) SINISTER (R) cc 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 3D HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (PG) 5:30 8:10 Robinson was buried in her TH Amanda Balltrip and Patricia 7:00 PM TUESDAY OCTOBER 30 ARGO (R) cc 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 3D SILENT HILL: REVELATION (R) 2:30 7:45 10:45 hometown of Memphis. 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