Wagner: Die Walküre

Synopsis

Richard Wagner called Die Walküre the “first evening” of the Ring of the Nibelung; he called Das Rheingold the prologue or Vorabend. Musically and dramatically, we are introduced to a radically new and different world when the opening bars of Die Walküre resound. A fully developed orchestral palette of Leitmotivs paints a wild storm scene, and the curtain rises on a modest dwelling: a fully human scene that has nothing to do with the gods, dwarves and nymphs of Das Rheingold. At the same time, however, the way Die Walküre portrays radical beginnings reveals some telling reminiscences of the unfolding of Das Rheingold. Die Walküre is exciting and deeply feeling drama.

Main Cast

Simon O’Neill

Siegmund

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John Tomlinson

Hunding

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Vitalij Kowaljow

Wotan

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Waltraud Meier

Sieglinde

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Nina Maria Stemme

Brünnhilde

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Ekaterina Gubanova

Fricka

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Richard Wagner
	Conductor	Daniel Barenboim
Directing	Director	Guy Cassiers
Lighting	Lighting Design	Guy Cassiers
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Tim Van Steenbergen
Art	Set Designer	Enrico Bagnoli
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