Wagner: Die Walküre

Overview

It has been a long time since the events of Das Rheingold. Wotan has fathered nine Valkyries, warrior women who bring dead heroes to Valhalla (the castle of the Gods). Richard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy and blending of video technology, lighting and props (often formed of human beings): Their 30 computer projections and organic structures built of athletic performers that recall Cirque du Soleil are predestined for Wagner's visionary expressive world.

Cast

Peter Seiffert

Sigmund

Matti Salminen

Hunding

Juha Uusitalo

Wotan

Petra Maria Schnitzer

Sieglinde

Jennifer Wilson

Brünnhilde

Anna Larsson

Fricka

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Bernadette Flaitz

Gerhilde

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Helen Huse Ralston

Ortlinde

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Pilar Vazquez

Waltraute

Christa Mayer

Schwertleite

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Eugenia Bethencourt

Helmwige

Heike Grötzinger

Siegrune