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

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 18 October 2012
Wagner, Die Walküre
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, Siegmund
Eva-Maria Westbroek, Sieglinde
Sir John Tomlinson, Hunding
Sir Bryn Terfel, Wotan
Susan Bullock, Brünnhilde
Dame Sarah Connolly, Fricka
Alwyn Mellor, Gerhilde
Katherine Broderick, Ortlinde
Karen Cargill, Waltraute
Anna Burford, Schwertleite
Elisabeth Meister, Helmwige
Sarah Castle, Siegrune
Clare Shearer, Grimgerde
Madeleine Shaw, Roßweiße
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