Wagner - Die Walkure (2008) [Repost]

The Weimar Walküre continues what was a very exciting start with Das Rheingold. The staging is very interesting, the filming and editing is excellent, the musical level very good - and a new great Brünnhilde is born in Catherine Foster.

Even with minimalistic sets (Dirk Becker) the production team manages to produce a visually exciting performance. Good costumes and Personenregie from stage director Michael Schulz contribute to keep up the tension through all three acts. A better cooperation between the lightning departement and the camera crew would have been desirable though. This could have avoided some unnecessary shadows on the face of the singers. Recorded live from Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar 2008.


Siegmund: Erin Caves
Sieglinde: Kirsten Blanck
Hunding: Hidekazu Tsumaya
Wotan: Renatus Mészár
Brünhilde: Catherine Foster
Fricka: Christine Hansmann
Helmwige: Silona Michel
Gerhilde: Susann Günther-Dissmeier
Ortlinde: Joana Caspar
Waltraute: Marie-Helen Joël
Siegrune: Carola Guber
Rossweisse: Christiane Bassek
Grimgerde: Kerstin Quandt
Schwertleite: Nadine Weissmann
Grane: Erika Krämer
Freia as Harpist:Elisabeth Anetseder-Meyer
Donner: Lars Creuzburg
Froh / Loge: Steffen Bärtl

Libretto: Richard Wagner
Conductor: Carl St. Clair
Stage Director: Michael Schulz
Video Director: Brooks Riley