Die Walkure

Composer: Wagner, Richard

Librettist/Text Author: Wagner, Richard

Conductor: Zagrosek, Lothar

Orchestra: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Brunnhilde: Behle, Renate

Fricka: Vaughn, Tichina

Gerhilde: Westbroek, Eva-Maria

Grimgerde: Ullrich, Maria Theresa

Helmwige: Schafer, Magdalena

Hundling: Jun, Attila

Ortlinde: Goetjes, Wiebke

Rossweisse: Diefenthal, Margit

Schwertleite: Ranada, Helene

Sieglinde: Denoke, Angela

Siegmund: Gambill, Robert

Siegrune: Palacios, Nidia

Waltraute: Kleindienst, Stella

Wotan: Rootering, Jan-Hendrick

Producer: Schickling, Dieter

Set Designer: Kneidl, Karl

Costume Designer: Kneidl, Karl

Stage Director: Nel, Christoph

Television Director: Darvas, Janos

Television Director: Fricke, Thorsten

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Date of Production: 02-01-2003

Venue: Staatstheater Stuttgart

Playing Time: 03:49:00

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5207

UPC: 880242520784

Libretto

Die Walkure

Synopsis

Die Walkure

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The performances of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle in Stuttgart created a sensation unheard of since the monumental century Ring in Bayreuth in the late seventies. "Four operas ?EUR" four stage directors" was the artistic idea behind the 1999/2000 cycle under the musical direction of Lothar Zagrosek. Appreciating the individual operas of Der Ring des Nibelungen without having to relate to previous or subsequent storylines enabled the stage directors ?EUR" handpicked among the successful Stuttgart Opera team surrounding Artistic Director Klaus Zehelein ?EUR" to express their individual insights into the well-known drama of Siegfried and Wotan. In 2002 German critics voted Stuttgart's Staatsoper "Opera House of the Year" for the fourth time in five years. This series was recorded live at revival performances in 2002 and 2003, and it pays tribute to the artistic and musical achievement of the Stuttgart Opera House and a wonderful cast of singers. The production was directed by the "psychoanalyst" Christoph Nel, who chose to reveal Wagner's characters, their ambivalences and their conflicts, using contemporary settings, situations and gestures ?EUR" excellently supported by the some of the best Wagner singer-actors of our time, including Angela Denoke in her role debut as Sieglinde.