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Die Walküre

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)

Performers

The Royal Opera
Sir Antonio Pappano	Conductor
Keith Warner	Director
Stefanos Lazaridis	Set Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Simon O'Neill	Tenor	Siegmund
Eva-Maria Westbroek	Soprano	Sieglinde
Sir John Tomlinson	Bass	Hunding
Sir Bryn Terfel	Bass-baritone	Wotan
Susan Bullock	Soprano	Brünnhilde
Dame Sarah Connolly	Mezzo-soprano	Fricka
Alwyn Mellor	Soprano	Gerhilde
Katherine Broderick	Soprano	Ortlinde
Karen Cargill	Mezzo-soprano	Waltraute
Anna Burford	Contralto	Schwertleite
Elisabeth Meister	Soprano	Helmwige
Sarah Castle	Mezzo-soprano	Siegrune
Clare Shearer	Mezzo-soprano	Grimgerde
Madeleine Shaw	Mezzo-soprano	Roßweiße

Reviews of Die Walküre directed by Keith Warner

*****

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, September 2018

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Connolly and Terfel stand out in a thought-provoking Walküre at Covent Garden

David Karlin, 19th October

If you've been brought up with the Judaeo-Christian ideal of an all-powerful, all-good God, Norse mythology can come as a bit of a shock. Wotan, the father of the gods, is philandering, deceitful, power-hungry, sentimental, violent and ultimately weak - the gamut of human frailties writ large.

*****