Wagner: Die Walküre (2-DVD) – Nina Stemme, Brandon Jovanovich
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Wagner: Die Walküre (2-DVD) – Nina Stemme, Brandon Jovanovich
Composer: Richard Wagner
Artists: Brandon Jovanovich, Elisabeth Teige, Tobias Kehrer, Annika Schlicht, Iain Paterson, Nina Stemme, Orchestra of the Deutsch Oper Berlin
Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles
Director: Stefan Herheim
Video Format: NTSC 16:9
Audio Format: PCM Stereo
Region: All Regions
Language: German
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean
Number of Discs: 2
Studio: Naxos
Release Date: March 29, 2024
Run Time: 3 hours 51 minutes
Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) comprises four operas, of which Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) is the second, famous for its spectacular set-pieces such as the “Ride of the Valkyries” and Wotan’s “Farewell.” The plot focuses on the lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde and on the disobedience of the Valkyrie Brünnhilde, who defies the edict of Fricka, the goddess of marriage, to punish them.
With Die Walküre, Wagner achieved a perfect synthesis of poetry and music. Sir Donald Runnicles conducts an internationally acclaimed cast in this innovative new production by Norwegian director Stefan Herheim.
History
Die Walküre
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) composed between 1851-1856 is the second opera in Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The four operas in the series include Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried and Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods).
This opera has long stood on its own as a masterpiece of extraordinary powerful theater. Part of its appeal lies in its focus on many of the Ring’s most interesting characters, who follow their destinies to some of Wagner’s most remarkable music.
In this three-act opera, Wotan, the ruler of the gods, has nine daughters, each born from one of nine goddesses. They are the Valkyrie, outfitted in the iconic steel helmets, spears and shields tasked with selecting brave soldiers, who have died on the battlefield and bringing them to Valhalla, the castle of the gods.
In Act 2, Brünnhilde, the heroine of the Ring Cycle, appears and sings “Ho, yo, to ho!” her famous battle cry. The prelude “Ride of the Valkyries” in Act 3 is perhaps the most famous in Wagner’s operas.
The Met’s production of Die Walküre in its 2018–19 season featured minimal otherworldly landscapes with digital imagery to achieve a modern interpretation of the composer’s masterpiece.
It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on June 26,1870, and received its first performance as part of the Ring Cycle at he Bayreuth Festspielhaus on August 14,1876.
The Met’s landmark production, directed by Robert Lepage, premiered over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. The DVD release of its Live in HD presentation won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
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