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- Richard Wagner
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) (1870)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translations by Frederick Jameson, Stewart Robb and Andrew Porter for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- Libretto by the composer. English trans. by Frederick Jameson, Stewart Robb, and Andrew Porter
- English, German
- 14th June 2025, La Filature, Mulhouse, France
- 8th November 2025, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France
Programme Note
Cast List:
SIEGMUND, Wotan's mortal son: Tenor
SIEGLINDE, his sister: Soprano
HUNDING: Sieglinde's husband: Bass
WOTAN: king of the gods: Baritone
BRÜNNHILDE, a Valkyrie, his daughter by Erda: Soprano
FRICKA, queen of the gods: Mezzo-Soprano
VALKYRIES:
GERHILDE: Soprano
WALTRAUTE: Mezzo-Soprano
SCHWERTLEITE: Mezzo-Soprano
ORTLINDE: Soprano
HELMWIGE: Soprano
SIEGRUNE: Mezzo-Soprano
ROSSWEISSE: Mezzo-Soprano
GRIMGERDE: Mezzo-Soprano
Synopsis:
The second opera of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle. Having been separated as children, Siegmund and Sieglinde – son and daughter of the god Wotan – meet and feel a curious attraction. But Sieglinde is already married to Hunding. Fricka, the guardian of marriage vows, forces Wotan to take sides against his son in the ensuing battle. The Valkyrie Brünnhilde – another of Wotan’s daughters – refuses to join her father and stays with Siegmund and Sieglinde. Siegmund is killed in the combat. Brünnhilde reveals that Sieglinde is bearing Siegmund’s child – the hero Siegfried – before being punished by her father by being sent to sleep on a rock encircled by a wall of fire which only the bravest of heroes can penetrate.
SIEGMUND, Wotan's mortal son: Tenor
SIEGLINDE, his sister: Soprano
HUNDING: Sieglinde's husband: Bass
WOTAN: king of the gods: Baritone
BRÜNNHILDE, a Valkyrie, his daughter by Erda: Soprano
FRICKA, queen of the gods: Mezzo-Soprano
VALKYRIES:
GERHILDE: Soprano
WALTRAUTE: Mezzo-Soprano
SCHWERTLEITE: Mezzo-Soprano
ORTLINDE: Soprano
HELMWIGE: Soprano
SIEGRUNE: Mezzo-Soprano
ROSSWEISSE: Mezzo-Soprano
GRIMGERDE: Mezzo-Soprano
Synopsis:
The second opera of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle. Having been separated as children, Siegmund and Sieglinde – son and daughter of the god Wotan – meet and feel a curious attraction. But Sieglinde is already married to Hunding. Fricka, the guardian of marriage vows, forces Wotan to take sides against his son in the ensuing battle. The Valkyrie Brünnhilde – another of Wotan’s daughters – refuses to join her father and stays with Siegmund and Sieglinde. Siegmund is killed in the combat. Brünnhilde reveals that Sieglinde is bearing Siegmund’s child – the hero Siegfried – before being punished by her father by being sent to sleep on a rock encircled by a wall of fire which only the bravest of heroes can penetrate.