Siegmund and Sieglinde find themselves drawn together during a storm. Unbeknown to them their father Wotan, chief of the gods, hopes through Siegmund to retrieve a ring of ultimate power.
Die Walküre stands at the pinnacle of Romantic musical drama. Barely has the curtain opened when Wagner unleashes orchestral writing that sweeps everything away in its path. Storm, incest, divine wrath, irrepressible passion: everything is there to announce the tortuous destiny of the heroes. Through a composition in which every instrument contributes to the tragedy, Wagner begins the story proper, illuminating words and scenes with his famous leitmotifs that run beneath the singers, pass into their voices, transform and resurface as the plot develops. It is not surprising that Die Walküre (second part of the Ring of the Nibelung) is widely regarded as the most popular and the most moving. Likened to a Bayreuth in the English countryside, Longborough Festival stages a new production following the socially-distanced concert performance of Die Walküre in 2021. This new 2024 production is seen for the first time as part of Longborough’s 2024 Ring cycle. It is directed by Amy Lane, Artistic Director of Copenhagen Opera Festival, and conducted by Anthony Negus, Longborough Music Director and eminent Wagnerian.
Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 9 August 2024 at 19:00 CET to 9 February 2025 at 12:00 CET:
CAST
Siegmund
Mark Le Brocq
Sieglinde
Emma Bell
Wotan
Paul Carey Jones
Fricka
Madeleine Shaw
Brünnhilde
Lee Bisset
Hunding
Julian Close
Gerhilde
Eleanor Dennis
Ortlinde
Cara McHardy
Waltraute
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones
Schwertleite
Verena Gunz
Helmwige
Katie Lowe
Siegrune
Carolyn Dobbin
Grimgerde
Katie Stevenson
Rossweisse
Rozanna Madylus
Orchestra
Longborough Festival Orchestra
Music
Richard Wagner
Text
Richard Wagner
Conductor
Anthony Negus
Director
Amy Lane
Lights
Charlie Morgan Jones
Sets
Rhiannon Newman Brown
Costumes
Emma Ryott
Video
Tim Baxter
Assistant Conductor
Harry Sever
Assistant Director
Leo Doulton
Choreographer
Lorena Randi
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