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A thrilling Die Walküre in Munich raises the bar in this Ring

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 01 March 2015
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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 28 February 2015
Programme
Wagner, Die Walküre
Performers
Bavarian State Opera
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor
Andreas Kriegenburg, Director
Andrea Schraad, Costume Designer
Harald Thor, Set Designer
Evelyn Herlitzius, Brünnhilde
Karen Foster, Gerhilde
Susan Foster, Helmwige
Golda Schultz, Ortlinde
Anja Kampe, Sieglinde
Elisabeth Kulman, Fricka
Okka von der Damerau, Grimgerde
Alexandra Petersamer, Roßweiße
Roswitha Christina Müller, Siegrune
Heike Grötzinger, Waltraute
Nadine Weissmann, Schwertleite
Klaus Florian Vogt, Siegmund
Thomas Johannes Mayer, Wotan
Günther Groissböck, Hunding
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.