Organization

Admin

Müpa Budapest

Wagner in Budapest

Conductor

Adam Fischer

Singer

Tenor

Magnus Vigilius

Siegmund

Bass

Jongmin Park

Hunding

Baritone

Johan Reuter

Wotan

Soprano

Karine Babajanyan

Sieglinde

Iréne Theorin

Brünnhilde

Mezzo-soprano

Atala Schöck

Fricka

Zita Váradi

Gerhilde

Beatrix Fodor

Ortlinde

Gabriella Fodor

Waltraute

Contralto

Szilvia Szilágyi

Schwertleite

Adrienn Miksch

Helmwige

Éva Várhelyi

Siegrune

Erika Gál

Grimgerde

Zsófia Kálnay

Rossweisse

Dramaturge

Christian Martin Fuchs

Christian Baier

Costume designer

Corinna Crome

Lighting designer

Máté Vajda

Choreographer

Gábor Vida

Assistant Conductor

János Kovács

Stage director

Hartmut Schörghofer

Set designer

Revival Director

Etelka Polgár

Musical Assistants

Gabor Bartinai

László Bartal

Dóra Bizják

Martin Rajna

Orchestra

Hungarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra

German

Die Walküre -  (The Valkyrie)

Budapest

Hungary

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Die Walküre Wagner, Richard

Private

Public

The Valkyrie

Pallavi Pawar

Hungarian

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To the extent that Das Rheingold is rich in colour and fairy-tale-like elements, Die Walküre, the second night of the Ring cycle, matches it with sweeping power and passion. After the heart-wrenching reunion of the long-separated siblings Siegmund and Sieglinde, the death of the young hero both shocks and stirs, and by depicting the release of memories that had been repressed in the depths of the mind, Wagner foreshadows Freudian thought. Psychoanalysis in the shadow of dramatic events: that is the essence of Die Walküre.

The public first encountered Das Rheingold in September 1869, with Die Walküre premiering in June 1870. Both performances were staged at Munich's Royal National Theatre at the impatient urging of Wagner's devoted patron, King Louis II of Bavaria. Although each of the Ring operas can be performed as a separate work, Die Walküre is perhaps the part of The Ring of the Nibelung that stands most readily on its own and, being integrally connected to the German Romantic opera tradition, is the one most...

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