Wagner Society in NSW Inc

7.05pm OPERA IN PERFORMANCE
With Simon Healy
Recent productions from the world's great opera houses
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL 2010
Wagner Die Walküre - First day of 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', in three acts, to the composer's own libretto (Munich, 1870. First performance as part of cycle: Bayreuth, 1876)
Siegmund: Johan Botha, tenor
Hunding: Kwangchul Youn, bass
Wotan: Albert Dohmen, bass-baritone
Sieglinde: Edith Haller, soprano
Brünnhilde: Linda Watson, soprano
Fricka: Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano
Gerhilde: Sonja Mühleck, soprano
Ortlinde: Anna Gabler, soprano
Waltraute: Martina Dike, mezzo-soprano
Schwertleite: Simone Schröder, contralto
Helmwige: Miriam Gordon-Stewart, soprano
Siegrune: Wilke te Brummelstroete, mezzo-soprano
Grimgerde: Annette Küttenbaum, mezzo-soprano
Rossweisse: Alexandra Petersamer, mezzo-soprano
Bayreuth Festival Orch/Christian Thielemann
Courtesy of Bavarian Radio

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