A thunderous end to the 2019 Budapest Ring

By David Karlin, 17 June 2019

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Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 16 June 2019

Wagner, Götterdämmerung

Ádám Fischer, Conductor

Hartmut Schörghofer, Director, Set Designer

Corinna Crome, Costume Designer

Stefan Vinke, Siegfried

Catherine Foster, Brünnhilde

Lauri Vasar, Gunther

Polina Pasztircsák, Gutrune, Third Norn

Albert Pesendorfer, Hagen

Peter Kálmán, Alberich

Gabriella Fodor, Wellgunde

Eszter Wierdl, Woglinde

Zsófia Kálnay, Flosshilde

Judit Németh, Second Norn

Anna Larsson, Waltraute

Erika Gál, First Norn

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hungarian Radio Symphony Choir

Budapest Studio Choir

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The pure magic of Ádám Fischer and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra delights with two brilliant leads, but others disappoint on the second day of Müpa's Ring.

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Müpa's Ring sees all-round musical excellence for a third night in row, which will be remembered more than the various distracting miscues in the staging.

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

A thunderous end to the 2019 Budapest Ring: Götterdammerüng at Müpa