Die Walküre or Wotan’s double dilemma

By Brian Angus, 11 May 2015

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Reviewed at Landestheater, Linz on 10 May 2015

Wagner, Die Walküre

Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor

Uwe Eric Laufenberg, Director

Gisbert Jäkel, Set Designer

Antje Sternberg, Costume Designer

Michael Bedjai, Siegmund

Brit-Tone Müllertz, Sieglinde

Dominik Nekel, Hunding

Gerd Grochowski, Wotan

Karen Robertson, Fricka

Elena Nebera, Brünnhilde

Christa Ratzenböck, Gerhilde

Claudia Braun-Tietje, Helmwige

Gotho Griesmeier, Ortlinde

Valentina Kutzarova, Waltraute

Bernadett Fodor, Schwertleite

Kathryn Handsaker, Siegrune

Vaida Raginskytė, Grimgerde

Inna Savchenko, Roßweiße

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Brian Angus

Brian is a lover of opera, and has enjoyed attending operas for over forty years. Brian has very catholic tastes; favourite classic composers are Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, contemporary composers John Adams and Jake Heggie, and a curiosity about Stockhausen’s music. He is always seeking opportunities to expand his appreciation of the world of music and opera.

The Linz Ring: Die Walküre or Wotan’s double dilemma