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 surtitles. Running time: 5hrs 50mins (with 2 intervals)

Cast/Performers

Simon O'Neill (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), John Tomlinson (Hunding), Bryn Terfel (Wotan), Susan Bullock (Brunnhilde), Sarah Connolly (Fricka), Alwyn Mellor (Gerhilde - Nottingham / Lowry / Southbank / Sage / Gateshead), Katherine Broderick (Ortlinde), Karen Cargill (Waltraute), Anna Burford (Schwertleite), Elisabeth Meister (Helmwige), Sarah Castle (Siegrune), Clare Shearer (Grimgerde), Madeleine Shaw (Rossweisse)

Creatives/Company

Author: Wagner
Producer: Royal Opera House
Company(s): Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director(s): Keith Warner, Malcolm Ranson (fight)
Design(s): Stefanos Lazaridis, Mic Pool (video), Dick Straker (video), Matthew Deely (associate set designer)
Costume: Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting: Wolfgang Gobbel
Choreographer: Clare Glaskin (original choreography)