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Valkyries scramble over theatre seats as Semperoper Dresden's Ring advances

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Reviewed at Semperoper, Dresden on 30 January 2018
Wagner, Die Walküre
Semperoper Dresden
Christian Thielemann, Conductor
Willy Decker, Director
Wolfgang Gussmann, Set Designer
Frauke Schernau, Costume Designer
Peter Seiffert, Siegmund
Georg Zeppenfeld, Hunding
Vitalij Kowaljow, Wotan
Elena Pankratova, Sieglinde
Petra Lang, Brünnhilde
Christa Mayer, Fricka
Christiane Kohl, Helmwige
Johanna Winkel, Gerhilde
Brit-Tone Müllertz, Ortlinde
Irmgard Vilsmaier, Waltraute
Julia Rutigliano, Siegrune
Simone Schröder, Roßweiße
Sabrina Kögel, Grimgerde
Katharina Magiera, Schwertleite
Staatskapelle Dresden
Thielemann bids farewell to Dresden with an excellent new FroSch
*****
Detlev Glanert's Die Jüdin von Toledo premieres at the Semperoper
*****
Moving singing, but missed opportunities in Dresden’s new Aida
***11
Peter Konwitschny returns to the Semperoper with Les Huguenots
****1
Nabucco marks a successful debut of Saioa Hernández as Abigaille
***11
Folk rhythms and changing times in Dresden's Bartered Bride
***11
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