Die Walkure

Composer: Wagner, Richard

Librettist/Text Author: Wagner, Richard

Conductor: Rattle, Simon

Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Brunnhilde: Johansson, Eva

Fricka: Paasikivi, Lilli

Gerhilde: Porackova, Joanna

Grimgerde: Vogel, Eva

Helmwige: Sunnegardh, Erika

Hunding: Petrenko, Mikhail

Ortlinde: McKrill, Elaine

Rossweisse: Bod, Anette

Schwertleite: Baker, Andrea

Sieglinde: Westbroek, Eva-Maria

Siegmund: Gambill, Robert

Siegrune: Grotzinger, Heike

Waltraute: Young, Julianne

Wotan: White, Willard

Set Designer: Braunschweig, Stephane

Costume Designer: Vancraenenbroeck, Thibault

Lighting Designer: Hewlett, Marion

Stage Director: Braunschweig, Stephane

Television Director: Kent, Don

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Date of Production: 07-2007

Festival: Aix-en-Provence Festival

Venue: Grand Theatre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence

Playing Time: 04:00:02

Catalogue Number: BAC034

UPC: 3760115300347

Libretto

Die Walkure

Synopsis

Die Walkure

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A Die Walkure to be remembered: Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Aix-en-Provence Festival!

After the success of Das Rheingold, Stephane Braunschweig's staging of the second part of the tetralogy Die Walkure was a triumph in Aix's brand new Grand Theatre de Provence.

With a remarkable international cast - Sir Willard White, Robert Gambill, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Eva Johansson and Mikhail Petrenko - accompanied by the Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle brought almost unparalleled breadth to the work.

In opting for a movingly human approach to the drama unfolding on stage, director Stephane Braunschweig obtained superb performances from an extraordinary group of singers.