The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie

Release Date: 2016-08-21

Overview: The new Bayreuth production of the Ring Cycle that premiered in 2013 offered spectacular sets, courtesy of Aleksandar Denić. As is regularly the case in Frank Castorf's productions, live video recordings add an extra dimension and in this performance Die Walküre is set at the beginning in the 19th century and then moves ahead to the Stalin era. The geographic setting is Baku, Azerbaijan, so in addition to Wild West capitalism, Castorf also takes aim at Soviet communism. The leading roles are also strongly cast in this third revival of Castorf's production, with Christopher Ventris, Heidi Melton, Catherine Foster and John Lundgren.

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Cast

Christopher Ventris

as Siegmund

Georg Zeppenfeld

as Hunding

John Lundgren

as Wotan

Heidi Melton

as Sieglinde

Catherine Foster

as Brünnhilde