Wagner: Die Walkure -- Bayreuth

Starring: Gwendolyn Killebrew, Matti Salminen Director: Brian Large Original UK Premiere: 1992 Dvd Release: 15th October, 2001 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: Box set, Colour, NTSC, Region 0 Encoding Subtitled In: English, French

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Die Walküre is the second of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen, by Richard Wagner. It premiered at the Munich Court Theatre on June 26, 1870, with August Kindermann as Wotan, Heinrich Vogl as Siegmund, Therese Vogl as Sieglinde & Sophie Stehle as Brünnhilde. It is the source of the famous piece Ride of the Valkyries. It is worthwhile to understand that this act hinges on hidden identities that are known to the audience. The program tells even the first-time viewer the names of the characters, and, from his leitmotif & his covering his missing eye with his hat, the stranger or old man & Wotan can be recognized as one. Siegmund & Sieglinde each withhold their own name until the acts climax. During a raging storm, Siegmund seeks shelter at the house of the warrior Hunding. Hunding is not present & Siegmund is greeted by Sieglinde, Hundings unhappy wife. Siegmund tells her that he is fleeing from enemies. After taking a drink of mead, he moves to leave, claiming to be cursed by misfortune. Posters Of Die Walkure

Matti Salminen is a Finnish bass singer. One of the leading basses of our time, Matti Salminen has sung in all of the most important opera houses of the world, including the Metropolitan & Bayreuth Festival. He has a contract at the Zurich opera & he also frequently performs in his native Finland. Most of all he has been admired in such Wagner roles as Gurnemanz, King Marke & Hagen. Other important roles are Philip II, Sarastro & title roles of The Horseman by Aulis Sallinen & Rasputin by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Posters Of Die Zauberflote

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