Die Walküre (2006)
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner with a German libretto by the composer. It is the second of the four operas that form Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). The story of the opera is based on the Norse mythology told in the Volsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda.[1][2] In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one in a group of female figures who decide which soldiers die in battle and which live. Die Walküre's best-known excerpt is the "Ride of the Valkyries". DVD release June 2009.
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Stig Fogh Andersen
as Siegmund
as Siegmund
Gitta-Maria Sjöberg
as Sieglinde
as Sieglinde
James Johnson
as Wotan
as Wotan
Iréne Theorin
as Brünnhilde
as Brünnhilde
Stephen Milling
as Hunding
as Hunding
Randi Stene
as Fricka
as Fricka
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Richard Wagner
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Michael Schønwandt
Music Director
Music Director
Richard Wagner
Writer
Writer
Kasper Holten
Director
Director
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