
Wagner: Die Walküre
Music
Overview
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is the second of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, (English: The Ring of the Nibelung). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870, and received its first performance as part of the Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 14 August 1876.
Top Cast


Peter Seiffert
Peter Seiffert
Siegmund
Peter Seiffert
Siegmund


Georg Zeppenfeld
Georg Zeppenfeld
Hunding
Georg Zeppenfeld
Hunding


Vitalij Kowaljow
Vitalij Kowaljow
Wotan
Vitalij Kowaljow
Wotan


Anja Harteros
Anja Harteros
Sieglinde
Anja Harteros
Sieglinde


Anja Kampe
Anja Kampe
Brünnhilde
Anja Kampe
Brünnhilde


Christa Mayer
Christa Mayer
Fricka
Christa Mayer
Fricka


Johanna Winkel
Johanna Winkel
Gerhilde
Johanna Winkel
Gerhilde
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