Wagner: Die Walküre (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY
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Wagner: Die Walküre (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY
The Royal Opera / Stuart Skelton, Emily Magee, Nina Stemme, John Lundgren, Sarah Connolly / Antonio Pappano
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Friday 20 March 2020
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Antonio Pappano conducts an outstanding cast including Nina Stemme, John Lundgren, Sarah Connolly, Emily Magee, Stuart Skelton and Ain Anger in Keith Warner's 'outstanding staging' (Evening Standard) of Die Walküre.
Die Walküre is the second opera in Richard Wagner's four opera-cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. It is the most performed work in the cycle, loved and admired for its nuanced and intelligent exploration of complex family entanglements through music of astonishing emotive power. This includes the glorious music for the incestuous lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde, and Wotan's passionate farewell to his beloved daughter Brünnhilde.
"In Act Two we are introduced to John Lundgren as Wotan and the incomparable Nina Stemme as his daughter. Lundgren comes close to rivalling Sir Bryn Terfel (who had preceded him in the role in this production) for the subtlety of his shading of the words, his willingness to sing quietly, and his dramatic engagement with the part. He also proves more than capable of rising to the many climactic phrases in the music, and he sounds as fresh and resonant at the end as he does at the beginning, taking "Wer meines Speere Spitze furchtet" in one breath when many of his rivals in other recordings require three." MusicWeb
"Pappano has always had a special relationship with the Ring's second part…and the Royal Opera House Orchestra rewards him with some of its most sumptuous playing. The cast in this 2018 staging would have been the envy of every world class opera company…But it's Nina Stemme, as it should be, who defines this production. Generously voiced, she is essentially a lyric Brünnhilde, most moving when she tells Sieglinde that she is bearing Siegmund's son" BBC Music Opera Choice June 2020
