Reuter and Schöck turn up the heat in Die Walküre in Budapest

By David Karlin, 15 June 2019

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“Skelton's cries of Wälse were as stunning as I’ve ever heard them”

Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 14 June 2019

Wagner, Die Walküre

Ádám Fischer, Conductor

Hartmut Schörghofer, Director, Set Designer

Corinna Crome, Costume Designer

Stuart Skelton, Siegmund

Albert Pesendorfer, Hunding

Johan Reuter, Wotan

Camilla Nylund, Sieglinde

Catherine Foster, Brünnhilde

Atala Schöck, Fricka

Eszter Wierdl, Gerhilde

Gertrud Wittinger, Helmwige

Beatrix Fodor, Ortlinde

Erika Gál, Grimgerde

Zsófia Kálnay, Roßweiße

Éva Várhelyi, Siegrune

Gabriella Fodor, Waltraute

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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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.

Doom-laden debate: Reuter and Schöck turn up the heat in Die Walküre in Budapest