Hungarian State Opera: AuditoriumAndrássy út 22, Budapest, Central Hungary, 1061, Hungary
Dates/times in Budapest time zone
Programme
| Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) | Die Walküre |
Performers
| Hungarian State Opera | ||
| Péter Halász | Conductor | |
| Géza M. Tóth | Director | |
| Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| István Kovácsházi | Tenor | Siegmund |
| Andreas Hörl | Bass | Hunding |
| Tomasz Konieczny | Bass | Wotan |
| Eszter Sümegi | Soprano | Sieglinde |
| Linda Watson | Soprano | Brünnhilde |
| Judit Németh | Mezzo-soprano | Fricka |
| Gertrud Wittinger | Soprano | Helmwige |
| Éva Bátori | Soprano | Gerhilde |
| Beatrix Fodor | Soprano | Ortlinde |
| Szilvia Vörös | Mezzo-soprano | Waltraute |
| Éva Várhelyi | Mezzo-soprano | Siegrune |
| Zsófia Kálnay | Mezzo-soprano | Roßweiße |
| Erika Gál | Mezzo-soprano | Grimgerde |
| Bernadett Fodor | Mezzo-soprano | Schwertleite |
“I've captured a terrific storm of elements and of hearts which gradually calms to Brünnhilde's magic sleep,” Wagner on the score of Die Walküre, in a letter toFerenc Liszt.
Following on the heels of the introductory Das Rheingold, this opera about the tragic love between two of Wotan's children constitutes the start of the more tightly drawn dramatic trilogy. Once again, the laws of the gods clash: can paternal love save a lad who has violated the sanctity of marriage? And what punishments await the woman who protects the as-yet-unborn and innocent hero.
With this production in the 2015/16 season, Balázs Béla Prize-winning animated film director Géza M. Tóth will be continuing his task of reconceiving the entire Ring cycle.
