The Schwarz Ring: Die Walküre (Bayreuth, 2022)

234 Min

This new production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival was the opera event of the 2022 festival season. Young director Valentin Schwarz reimagines the mythical story in the present day and tells a gripping family saga in the world of the rich and powerful. The musical direction is in the hands of Cornelius Meister. In the second part of the tetralogy, Schwarz delves in particular into the relationship between Wotan, the father of the gods, and his "favorite daughter" Brünnhilde, showing it as especially unhappy and traumatic. Lise Davidsen and Klaus Florian Vogt prove themselves audience favourites for their portrayal of the siblings and lovers Sieglinde and Siegmund.

Soloists: 

Christa Mayer (Mezzo-Soprano), Klaus Florian Vogt (Tenor), Lise Davidsen (Soprano), Iréne Theorin (Soprano), Kelly God (Soprano), Stéphanie Houtzeel (Mezzo-Soprano), Tomasz Konieczny (Bass-Baritone), Brit-Tone Müllertz (Soprano), Stéphanie Müther (Soprano), Marie Henriette Reinhold (Mezzo-Soprano), Daniela Köhler (Soprano), Katie Stevenson (Mezzo-Soprano), Georg Zeppenfeld (Bass)

Ensemble: 

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Conductor: 

Cornelius Meister