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. Performed in German

Cast/Performers

Andrew Charity (piano), Cecilia Bailey (Sieglinde), Brian Smith Walters (Siegmund), Jaap Sletterink (Hunding), Donald Thompson (Hunding), Stephen Holloway (Wotan), Ian Wilson-Pope (Wotan), Zoe South (Brunnhilde), Patricia Casement-Thomas (Brunnhilde), Marisa Di Muro (Gerhilde), Ann Davey (Orlinde), Elaine Way (Helmwige), Lousie Mott (Waltraute), Patricia Von Andersen (Siegrune), Frederike Bruijn (Grimgerde), Jasmine Adrien Dawson (Rossweisse), Annette Dumville (Schwertleite), Joanna Gamble (Fricka)

Creatives/Company

Author: Wagner
Company: Secret Opera
Director: David Edwards
Design: Billie Achilleos