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.
Director: Kasper Holten
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Stig Fogh Andersen as Siegmund |
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Gitta-Maria Sjöberg as Sieglinde |
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James Johnson as Wotan |
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Iréne Theorin as Brünnhilde |
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Stephen Milling as Hunding |
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Randi Stene as Fricka |
| Sound | Michael Schønwandt | Music Director |
| Writing | Richard Wagner | Writer |
| Sound | Richard Wagner | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Kasper Holten | Director |
