
Richard Wagner called Die Walküre the “first evening” of the Ring of the Nibelung; he called Das Rheingold the prologue or Vorabend. Musically and dramatically, we are introduced to a radically new and different world when the opening bars of Die Walküre resound. A fully developed orchestral palette of Leitmotivs paints a wild storm scene, and the curtain rises on a modest dwelling: a fully human scene that has nothing to do with the gods, dwarves and nymphs of Das Rheingold. At the same time, however, the way Die Walküre portrays radical beginnings reveals some telling reminiscences of the unfolding of Das Rheingold. Die Walküre is exciting and deeply feeling drama.
Directed byGuy Cassiers

Arthaus MusikFeaturing

Simon O’Neill
Siegmund

John Tomlinson
Hunding

Vitalij Kowaljow
Wotan

Waltraud Meier
Sieglinde

Nina Maria Stemme
Brünnhilde

Ekaterina Gubanova
Fricka

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