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The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie (2016)
Directed by Frank Castorf
Music · 3h 38m
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.
Cast
Christopher Ventris
Siegmund
Georg Zeppenfeld
Hunding
John Lundgren
Wotan
Heidi Melton
Sieglinde
Catherine Foster
Brünnhilde
Sarah Connolly
Fricka
Caroline Wenborne
Gerhilde
D
Dara Hobbs
Ortlinde
Stephanie Houtzeel
Waltraute
Nadine Weissmann
Schweltleite
Christiane Kohl
Helmwige
Wiebke Lehmkuhl
Grimgerde
Crew
- Director
- Frank Castorf
- Writer
- Richard Wagner
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Wagner
Details
- Original title
- Der Ring des Nibelungen: Die Walküre - Bayreuther Festspiele
- Release date
- 2016-07-27
- Runtime
- 3h 38m
- Genres
- Music
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Production
- Bayreuther Festspiele