Organization

Conductor

Ulf Schirmer

Stage director

Choreographer (+2)

Rosamund Gilmore

Set designer

Set designer (+2)

Carl Friedrich Oberle

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Nicola Reichert

Lighting designer

Michael Röger

Dramaturge

Christian Geltinger

Soprano (+1)

Simone Schneider

Sieglinde

Sabine Hogrefe

Brünnhilde

Kelly God

Gerhilde

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Maria Hilmes

Waltraute

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Sandra Fechner

Schwertleite

Sarah Traubel

Helmwige

Marta Herman

Grimgerde

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Nora Steuerwald

Rossweisse

Bass (+2)

Yorck Felix Speer

Hunding

Bass-baritone (+7)

Tomasz Konieczny

Wotan

Bass-baritone

Ziv Frenkel

Grane

Baritone (+2)

Jochen Vogel

Bewegungschor / Tänzer

Elodie Lavoignat

Librettist (+3)

Sandra Lommerzheim

Dancer

Alicia Varela Carballo

Dancer (+1)

Unita Gay Galiluyo

Rebecca Jefferson

Sidnei Brandão

Bass-baritone (+1)

Vladimir Golubchyk

Germán Hipólito Farias

Oper Leipzig

Orchestra

Gewandhausorchester

Merit Nath-Göbl

Ortlinde

Sandra Maxheimer

Siegrune

Opernhaus

Kathrin Göring

Fricka

Tenor (+1)

Brenden Gunnell

Siegmund

Tenor (+3)

Corby Welch

Karin Lovelius

First day of the scenic festival Der Ring des Nibelungen | Text by the composer | Sponsored by Audi | In German with german and english supertitles | Playing time ca. 5 hours | Two intermissions


Wotan, spurred on by his wife Fricka, the protectress of honor, orders the death of his son, the Walsung Siegmund. Brünnhilde defies her father Wotan’s will, however.
Siegmund was placed on Earth as a hero to bring back the Ring of Power to the gods. On his mission, he meets his twin sister, Sieglinde, and falls in love with her. When Siegmund falls in battle, Brünnhilde flees with the now-pregnant Sieglinde to Valhalla. Wotan enacts his punishment, banishing Brünnhilde to a rock ringed in fire, where she is to sleep forever.
Richard Wagner’s The Valkyrie is a drama in and of itself. For this reason, this second part of the »Ring« tetralogy is often programmed as a single piece on an opera house’s season. It uniquely captivates the listener through its clear musical dramaturgy, as well as through such musical highlights as Siegmund’s Spring Song, Brünnhilde’s Pleading, the Ride of the Valkyries, and Wotan’s Farewell. Not least because of the various incestuous entanglements, The Valkyrie is an enthralling familial drama.

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