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. Sung in German with English supertitles. Bank of Scotland Production

Cast/Performers

Matthew Best (Wotan), Kathleen Broderick (Brunnhilde), Jan Kyhle (Siegmund), Ursula Furi-Bernhard (Sieglinde), Carsten Stabell (Hunding), Anne Mason (Fricka), Sarah Rhodes, Rachel Hynes, Mary Callan Clarke, Jane Irwin, Leah Marian Jones, Clare Shearer, Yvonne Lea, Kathleen Wilkinson

Creatives/Company

Author: Wagner
Company: Scottish Opera
Conductor: Richard Armstrong
Director: Tim Albery
Design(s): Hildegard Bechtler, Ana Jebens
Lighting: Wolfgang Gobbel
Costume: Ana Jebens