Details

Part of the Wagner ring cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen. Running time approx. 5hr. In Die Walkure (which includes the famous Ride of the Valkyries) the goddesses fly the souls of dead battle heroes to their new home in Valhalla but Brunnhilde (Chief Valkyrie) has fallen out with Wotan because she protected his half human son Siegmund in battle so he imprisons her on a rock surrounded by fire knowing that only a fearless hero (who he thinks doesn't exist) can save her. Sun in German with English surtitles. Running time 5 hours 30 minutes (two intervals).

Cast/Performers

Jan Kyhle (Siegmund), Marie Plette (Sieglinde), Carsten Stabell (Hunding), Matthew Best (Wotan), Elizabeth Byrne (Brunnhilde), Anne Mason (Fricka), Sarah Rhodes (Gerhilde), Rachel Hynes (Helmwige), Jane Irwin (Waltraute), Kathleen Wilkinson (Schwertleite), Mary Callan Clarke (Ortlinde), Clare Shearer (Siegrune), Yvonne Lea (Grimgerde), Leah Marian Jones (Rossweisse)

Creatives/Company

Author: Wagner
Corporate Sponsor: Bank of Scotland
Company: Scottish Opera
Conductor: Richard Armstrong
Director(s): Tim Albery, Vanessa Gray (assistant)
Design: Hildegard Bechtler
Costume: Ana Jebens
Lighting(s): Wolfgang Gobbel, Kai Fischer (assistant)