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An enthralling Walküre at Longborough Opera Festival

Mark Le Brocq (Siegmund)
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Julian Close (Hunding), Emma Bell (Sieglinde), Mark Le Brocq (Siegmund)
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Paul Carey Jones (Wotan), Madeleine Shaw (Fricka)
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Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde), Mark Le Brocq (Siegmund)
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Paul Carey Jones (Wotan), Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde) and Valkyries
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Lee Bisset (Brünnhilde), Paul Carey Jones (Wotan)
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“an opera that can spring surprises on you no matter how often you see it.”
Reviewed at Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh on 18 June 2024
Wagner, Die Walküre
Longborough Festival Opera
Anthony Negus, Conductor
Amy Lane, Director
Rhiannon Newman Brown, Set Designer
Emma Ryott, Costume Designer
Charlie Morgan Jones, Lighting Designer
Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra
Tim Baxter, Video
Mark Le Brocq, Siegmund
Emma Bell, Sieglinde
Paul Carey Jones, Wotan
Julian Close, Hunding
Lee Bisset, Brünnhilde
Madeleine Shaw, Fricka
Katie Lowe, Helmwige
Eleanor Dennis, Gerhilde
Cara McHardy, Ortlinde
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Waltraute
Carolyn Dobbin, Siegrune
Rozanna Madylus, Roßweiße
Katie Stevenson, Grimgerde
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***11
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***11
Fame and feuding on the Rhine: Longborough's new Götterdämmerung
****1
Grief compellingly explored: Die tote Stadt at Longborough
****1
Fearlessly heroic: Siegfried gets the Longborough Ring back on track
****1
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