Die Walkure

Composer: Wagner, Richard

Librettist/Text Author: Wagner, Richard

Conductor: Haenchen, Hartmut

Orchestra: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Brunnhilde: Altmeyer, Jeannine

Fricka: Runkel, Reinhild

Gerhilde: Vilsmaier, Irmgard

Grimgerde: Mauel, Regina

Helmwige: Tiihonen, Kirsi

Hunding: Rydl, Kurt

Ortlinde: Stumphius, Annegeer

Rossweisse: Ardam, Elzbieta

Schwertleite: Dijkstra, Hebe

Sieglinde: Secunde, Nadine

Siegmund: Keyes, John

Siegrune: Keen, Catherine

Waltraute: Schaer, Hanna

Wotan: Brocheler, John

Set Designer: Tsypin, George

Costume Designer: Ishioka, Eiko

Lighting Designer: Gobbel, Wolfgang

Stage Director: Audi, Pierre

Television Director: Hulscher, Hans

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Date of Production: 1999

Venue: Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam

Playing Time: 04:20:05

Catalogue Number: OA0947D

UPC: 809478009474

Libretto

Die Walkure

Synopsis

Die Walkure

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Die Walkure is the second part of Richard Wagner's gargantuan tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen, concerning the irreconcilable struggle between Power and Love. The originality of this production from Het Musiktheater Amsterdam more than meets the perennial challenge of staging The Ring. Pierre Audi's stage direction, in which the orchestra is placed on the ring-shaped stage, succeeds in forging a profound unity between the lyrical, mythical and philosophical qualities of Wagner's work, complemented by George Tsypin's astonishing sets and wonderful costumes by Oscar-winning Eiko Ishioka. Impassioned singing and intensely dramatic playing by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra under the energetic baton of Hartmut Haenchen create a vigorous, almost intimate performance that will leave an indelible impression. This production of The Ring is based on the new collected works of Richard Wagner.

Bonus features:

- Illustrated Synopsis

- Introduction to Die Walkure - with presenter Michael Zeeman, composer Peter-Jan Wageman and pianist Stephan Mickisch