Wagner's Die Walkure
Act One
Saturday 23 April 2005 17:30-18:35 (Radio 3)
Live from the New York Met, Margaret Juntwait presents the Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Valery Gergiev, performing Act 1 of Wagner's Die Walkure. The cast is led by Placido Domingo and Katarina Dalayman.
The story concerns the relationship between brother and sister Siegmund and Sieglinde, who discover they are related after they've fallen in love. Their father, Wotan, the arrogant leader of the gods, is forced to disown them by his nagging wife Fricka, who's horrified by their relationship that breaks all laws.
But then comes the crucial turning-point of the whole Ring Cycle. Brunnhilde the Valkyrie of the title, who's another of Wotan's army of illegitimate children, is so moved by Siegmund's love for Sieglinde that she decides to defy her father and help the lovers .
Duration:
1 hour 5 minutes
Playlist:
Sieglinde .............. Katarina Dalayman (soprano)
Siegmund ............... Placido Domingo (tenor)
Brunnhilde .............. Olga Sergeeva (soprano)
Wotan .............. Mikhail Kit (baritone)
Fricka ............... Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano)
Hunding, Sieglinde's husband ............... Stephen Milling (bass)
Helmwige ............. Claudia Waite (soprano)
Gerhilde ............ Rebecca Copley (soprano)
Ortlinde ............... Janet Hopkins (soprano)
Siegrune .............. Jane Bunnell (mezzo-soprano)
Waltraute ................ Victoria Livengood (mezzo-soprano)
Grimgerde ................ Jane Gilbert (soprano)
Rossweisse .............. Malin Fritz (mezzo-soprano)
Schwertleite ................ Ellen Rabiner (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
[Continues at 7.05pm, after The Met Opera Quiz]
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