Homoki's Ring Cycle continues with Die Walküre at Opernhaus Zürich

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan) and Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde)

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan) and the Valkyries

Christof Fischesser (Hunding), Eric Cutler (Siegmund), Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde), Tomasz Konieczny

Eric Cutler (Siegmund), Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde) and Daniela Köhler (Sieglinde)

By Sarah Batschelet, 19 September 2022

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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 18 September 2022

Wagner, Die Walküre

Zurich Opera

Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

Andreas Homoki, Director

Christian Schmidt, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Orchester der Oper Zürich

Florian Schaaf, Set Designer

Werner Hintze, Dramaturgy

Beate Breidenbach, Dramaturgy

Eric Cutler, Siegmund

Christof Fischesser, Hunding

Tomasz Konieczny, Wotan

Daniela Köhler, Sieglinde

Camilla Nylund, Brünnhilde

Patricia Bardon, Fricka

Sarah Cambidge, Helmwige

Julie Adams, Gerhilde

Justyna Bluj, Ortlinde

Anna Werle, Waltraute

Simone McIntosh, Siegrune

Susannah Haberfeld, Roßweiße

Freya Apffelstaedt, Grimgerde

Nana Dzidziguri, Schwertleite

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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.

Andreas Homoki's Ring Cycle continues with Die Walküre at Opernhaus Zürich