Organization

Admin

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Conductor (+3)

Simone Young

Soprano (+2)

Anja Kampe

Brünnhilde

Baritone (+2)

Tommi Hakala

Wotan

Vida Mikneviciute

Sieglinde

Tenor (+1)

Stuart Skelton

Siegmund

Bass (+2)

Peter Rose

Hunding

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Michaela Schuster

Fricka

Soprano

Helena Dix

Helmwige

Soprano (+1)

Madeleine Pierard

Gerhilde

Natalie Aroyan

Ortlinde

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Deborah Humble

Waltraute

Margaret Plummer

Siegrune

Kristin Darragh

Grimgerde

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Sian Sharp

Rossweisse

Liane Keegan

Schwertleite

Orchestra

Sydney Opera House

Violinist (+1)

Andrew Haveron

Violin I

Violinist

Harry Bennetts

Alexandra Osborne

Lerida Delbridge

Fiona Ziegler

Sercan Danis

Claire Herrick

Georges Lentz

Emily Long

Alexander Norton

Robert Smith

Sophie Cole

Benjamin Tjoa

Rain Liu

Kirsty Hilton

Violin II

Marina Marsden

Emma Jezek

Victoria Bihun

Emma Hayes

Monique Irik

Wendy Kong

Riikka Sintonen

Mia Stanton

Emily Qin

Dominic Azzi

Rebecca Irwin

Marcus Michelsen

Jasmine Tan

Violist (+1)

Richard Waters

Viola

Violist (+2)

Justin Williams

Sandro Costantino

Rosemary Curtin

Violist

Jane Hazelwood

Violinist (+2)

Stuart Johnson

Andrew Jezek

Tobias Breider

Leonid Volovelsky

Steven Wright

Ariel Postmus

James Wannan

Cellist

Catherine Hewgill

Cello

Kaori Yamagami

Simon Cobcroft

Leah Lynn

Kristy Conrau

Fenella Gill

Timothy Nankervis

Christopher Pidcock

Adrian Wallis

Elizabeth Neville

Double Bass Player (+1)

Alex Henery

Double Bass

David Campbell

Steven Larson

Richard Lynn

Jaan Pallandi

Benjamin Ward

Dylan Holly

Flautist

Joshua Batty

Flute

Carolyn Harris

Laura Cliff

Maria Hincapie

Oboist

Shefali Pryor

Oboe

Miriam Cooney

Oboist (+2)

Alexandre Oguey

English Horn

Clarinettist

Francesco Celata

Clarinet

Clarinettist (+1)

Christopher Tingay

Clare Fox

Alexander Morris

Bass Clarinet

Bassoonist

Matthew Wilkie

Bassoon

Hayden Burge

Noriko Shimada

Contrabassoon

Hornist

Samuel Jacobs

Horn

Euan Harvey

Marnie Sebire

Rachel Silver

Emily Newham

Wagner Tuba Player

David Evans

Wagner Tuba

Abbey Edlin

Lee Wadenpfuhl

A merciless storm rages over Wotan’s kingdom as his son Siegmund is pursued by brutal enemies.
Presented in concert in a pure musical experience, Simone Young and the Orchestra’s superb mastery of Wagner’s extraordinary musical creation will be one of the year’s most powerful moments.

A high point of artistic invention, Wagner’s Ring Cycle is one of the greatest works of music. Its drama and energy are captured by its signature moment The Ride of the Valkyries, which has become the most quoted musical passage from the entire world of opera. It is surrounded by writing of ravishing beauty and intensity which captures Brünnhilde’s bold defiance, Wotan’s shuddering wrath and Siegmund’s heroism.

These performances provide the perfect platform for world-class soloists including Australian Stuart Skelton; Anja Kampe and Michaela Schuster, stars of the Berlin Staatsoper and Vienna Staatsoper; and Tommi Hakala, a brilliant new Wotan for the world stage.

Joining these distinguished artists is a stellar cast including Lithuanian-born soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė and Australian luminaries including Deborah Humble and Helena Dix.

Wagner’s epic legend was written for huge orchestral forces to produce an enormous, astonishing sound and create the 'total work of art'. Performed in Sydney for the first time in twenty-five years, Die Walküre is a musical triumph that you won’t want to miss.

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