With the 6 March premiere of Die Walküre, the Ring Cycle directed by Géza M. Tóth that was started last year continues. The production features brilliant Hungarian Wagner singers as well as three international guest stars. It is conducted by Péter Halász.
Following on the heels of Das Rheingold, now Die Walküre will be imagined anew on the stage. This spectacular production will not be a look at remote Germanic mythology, but rather aims to be thought-provoking and challenging, as well as of a high musical standard, something guaranteed by the involvement of conductor Péter Halász.
“I am extremely eager to know how the last act will affect you; for besides you I have no one to whom it would be worthwhile to communicate this. It has turned out well – probably the best I have so far written. I’ve captured a terrific storm of elements and of hearts, which gradually calms to Brünnhilde’s magic sleep,” wrote Wagner of the score to Die Walküre, in a letter to Ferenc Liszt.
And it is true: after the introductory Das Rheingold, this constitutes the start of the more tightly drawn dramatic trilogy. Once again, the laws of the gods clash: can paternal love save a lad who has violated the sanctity of marriage? And what punishments await the woman who protects the as-yet-unborn and innocent hero?
Conductor: Péter Halász
Director: Géza M. Tóth
Choreographer: Marianna Venekei
Set Designer: Gergely Zöldy Z
Costume Designer: Ibolya Bárdosi
Cast: István Kovácsházi (Siegmund), Eszter Sümegi (Sieglinde), Andreas Hörl (Hunding), Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Judit Németh (Fricka)
Premiere: 6 March 2016, 5 p.m. | Opera House
Further dates: 10, 13, 17, 20 March 2016
