Wagner: Die Walküre
9.3
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.
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Simon O’Neill
Siegmund
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Tosca - NEW ZEALAND OPERA
Parsifal
John Tomlinson
Hunding
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Amadeus
The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
Vitalij Kowaljow
Wotan
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La Bohème
Wagner: Die Walküre
Waltraud Meier
Sieglinde
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Tristan und Isolde
Carmen
Nina Maria Stemme
Brünnhilde
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Tristan und Isolde - Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Ekaterina Gubanova
Fricka
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Opera Gala - Live from Baden Baden
Tristan und Isolde - Metropolitan Opera
Guy Cassiers Director · Richard Wagner Composer Tim Van Steenbergen Costume designer
United States release November 4, 2013 · Produced in Italy · Production Teatro alla Scala, Staatsoper Unter den Linden
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Arthaus Musik
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Teatro alla Scala
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Staatsoper Unter den Linden
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RAI
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Italy
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
United States · November 4, 2013
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