“Imagine the wonderful and ominous love between Siegmund abd Siegelind; Wodan in his deeply secret attitude towards their love; then with his altercation with Fricka and the fury of his self-coercion when – on moral grounds – he bids Siegmund’s death; and lastly imagine the magnificent Valkyrie Brünnhilde who, sensing Wodan’s inner inclination, defies the god and is punished by him …” Effusively Richard Wagner (1813–1883) told his friend and future father-in-law Franz Liszt in 1851 of his mammoth project “The Ring of the Nibelung”, which at that time had found its final concept as a tetralogy. After the prelude “Rheingold” was to follow “Die Walküre” as first day of the festival stage drama. Today this part of the Ring cycle remains the most popular in the public’s favour.

This “Die Walküre” is part of the much-admired “Ring” cycle staged by Kurt Horres in 1990/91.

 
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Richard Wagner

DIE WALKÜRE
First Day of the stage festival play cycle “The Ring of the Nibelung”
Text by the composer


 
In German with surtitles
 

Musikalische Leitung Axel Kober
Inszenierung Kurt Horres
Bühne und Kostüme Andreas Reinhardt
Licht Klaus Gärditz
 
Siegmund Corby Welch / Michael Weinius
Hunding Sami Luttinen / Thorsten Grümbel
Sieglinde Manuela Uhl / Elisabet Strid
Wotan Thomas Jesatko / Tomasz Konieczny / Jürgen Linn / Almas Svilpa
Fricka Renée Morloc / Martina Dike
Brünnhilde Caroline Whisnant / Linda Watson / Sabine Hogrefe
Gerhilde Jessica Stavros
Ortlinde Josefine Weber / Katja Levin
Helmwige Morenike Fadayomi / Anne Preuss
Waltraute Maria Hilmes
Siegrune Iryna Vakula
Grimgerde Katarzyna Kuncio
Rossweiße Sarah Ferede
Schwertleite Julia Oesch
Orchester Düsseldorfer Symphoniker / Duisburger Philharmoniker