The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure

The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure (1992)

Music

FIRST DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. Fleeing for his life, Siegmund seeks shelter at Sieglinde's house. Her husband Hunding happens to be one of Siegmund's pursuers, and the two of them must cross swords the next day. As Siegmund laments his lack of a weapon, Sieglinde directs him to the sword Nothung stuck in an ash tree. Despite discovering they are twin siblings, the two fall in love. The King of Gods Wotan, their father, sends his Valkyrie daughter Brünnhilde to aid Siegmund. Fricka protests, and Wotan uses his spear to break Siegmund's sword during the battle. Siegmund is slain, but Brünnhilde rescues both the sword fragments and Sieglinde who is pregnant with Siegmund's child Siegfried. Wotan is angry that she intervened, but since Brünnhilde is his favorite child, he merely strips her of immortality and sends her into an enchanted sleep, surrounded by fire. Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in June & July 1992.

Director: Harry Kupfer

Casts

	Poul Elming as Siegmund
	Nadine Secunde as Sieglinde
	Matthias Hölle as Hunding
	John Tomlinson as Wotan
	Anne Evans as Brünnhilde
	Linda Finnie as Fricka
	Eva Johansson as Gerhilde
	Ruth Floeren as Ortlinde
	Shirlay Close as Waltraude
	Hitomi Katagirl as Schwertleite
	Eva-Maria Bundschuh as Helmwige
	Birgitta Svendén as Grimgerde
	Hebe Dijkstra as Rossweisse

Crew