Opera
Die Walküre
Richard Wagner
A forbidden love affair unleashes the anger of the gods.
If in Das Rheingold the curtain fell with the hegemony of the gods over a rainbow, in the second part of Der Ring des Nibelungen it rises with a mortal who, alone on Earth, faces a raging storm. Siegmund is called the hunted warrior, and when he briefly finds peace in a concealed hut, he meets the beautiful but equally hapless Sieglinde. An ardent and natural passion blossoms, but at the same time a hidden past surfaces that will seal their fate. Their forbidden love incurs the wrath of the goddess of marriage, Fricka, who demands that her husband Wotan use violence to enforce his own, rigid codes. Inwardly torn, he sends his favourite daughter, Brünnhilde, the Valkyrie …
In Die Walküre, the ‘first day’ of Richard Wagner’s tetralogy, director Romeo Castellucci uses powerful images to give us an insight into all these strong characters and the love that drives them – in defiance of the curse of the ring. With music director Alain Altinoglu at the helm of the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, this will be the most exciting Ride of the Valkyries that you have ever experienced.
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Dates
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Sun 21 Jan 2024
Time
15:00
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Wed 24 Jan 2024
Time
17:30
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Sun 28 Jan 2024
Time
15:00
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Wed 31 Jan 2024
Time
17:30
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Sat 03 Feb 2024
Time
15:00
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Tue 06 Feb 2024
Time
17:30
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Thu 08 Feb 2024
Time
17:30
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Sun 11 Feb 2024
Time
15:00
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Cast
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Ein Bühnenfestspiel für drei Tage und einen Vorabend
Erster Tag: Die Walküre
Text und Musik: Richard Wagner
Premiere Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 14.8.1876
ConductorALAIN ALTINOGLU Director, Set, Costume & Lighting DesignerROMEO CASTELLUCCI
DramaturgeCHRISTIAN LONGCHAMP Artistic CollaboratorMAXI MENJA LEHMANN Set Design CollaboratorPAOLA VILLANI Costume Design CollaboratorTHERESA WILSON
SiegmundERIC CUTLER HundingANTE JERKUNICA WotanGÁBOR BRETZ SieglindeSALLY MATTHEWS BrünnhildeINGELA BRIMBERG FrickaMARIE-NICOLE LEMIEUX GerhildeKAREN VERMEIREN OrtlindeTINEKE VAN INGELGEM WaltrautePOLLY LEECH SchwertleiteLOTTE VERSTAEN ° HelmwigeKATIE LOWE SiegruneMARIE-ANDRÉE BOUCHARD-LESIEUR GrimgerdeIRIS VAN WIJNEN RossweisseCHRISTEL LOETZSCH
° (MM Laureate)
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
ProductionLA MONNAIE Coproduction GRAN TEATRO DEL LICEU (Barcelona)
In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter
