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classical music, opera, theatre
Die Walküre
14 June 2019, Friday
2 pm - 8 pm
Two intervals
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Produced by Müpa Budapest
BUDAPEST WAGNER DAYS

Wagner

Die Walküre

With 2019 seeing the return of Der Ring des Nibelungen to the Budapest Wagner Days, fans of the tetralogy will once again get to see their favourite performers, but this time with completely transformed choreographies and stage action, as well as 16 hours of never-seen-before video footage projected on the set and backdrop. The work of the creative team for each production will be supported by the addition of a new dramaturg.

Die Walküre is a tragically beautiful opera about springtime, love, finding one another and recognising a shared past. As in Das Rheingold, sins are also committed. A capital crime, in fact, when two siblings violate the taboo of falling in love with each other. Oddly enough, however, we do not condemn them, but actually feel for them with all our sympathy and compassion. And the pain of seeing Siegmund have to die in the deciding duel with Hunding is enough to pierce one's heart.
We also understand the bitter vacillations of the chief of the gods as he is forced into a dilemma - for even chief gods can wind up with dilemmas! The effect of his dialogue with his wife, Fricka, which is on the one hand a parody of the distasteful bickering familiar from civil marriages (Wagner was no model husband, and knew this genre from experience), and on the other hand, about the eternal and sacred moral principals, is a shocking one. And we are also shaken by the sight of Wotan as, grappling with his pain, he sends Brünnhilde into a deep sleep and envelops her in an impenetrable wall of fire, so that only the most worthy hero, a man without fear, can awaken her.
The audience will be welcoming newcomer Stuart Skelton as Siegmund and, as Brünnhilde, the fondly remembered and wonderful Catherine Foster.

A music drama in three acts (Updated version of the renowned production, in German, with surtitles projected in Hungarian and German).

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Artistic director, conductor:

Adam Fischer

Performers:

Siegmund Stuart Skelton
Hunding Albert Pesendorfer
Wotan Johan Reuter
Sieglinde Camilla Nylund
Brünnhilde Catherine Foster
Fricka Atala Schöck
Helmwige Gertrúd Wittinger
Gerhilde Eszter Wierdl
Waltraute Gabriella Fodor
Ortlinde Beatrix Fodor
Siegrune Éva Várhelyi
Rossweisse Zsófia Kálnay
Grimgerde Erika Gál
Schwertleite Anna Kissjudit

Creators:

Dramaturg Christian Martin Fuchs †, Dr. Christian Baier
Costume and puppet designer Corinna Crome
First assistant director Etelka Polgár
Set designer, director Hartmut Schörghofer
head of lighting Máté Vajda
Choreography Gábor Vida
Assistant to the choreographer Dóra Asztalos
Deputy conductor János Kovács
Musical assistants László Bartal
Gábor Bartinai
Dóra Bizják
Friedrich Suckel
video Szupermodern Filmstúdió Budapest

Featuring:

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
dancers Dóra Asztalos, Zoltán Csere, Gusztáv Eller, Ádám Frigy, Nikoletta Gönczöl, Anna Gulyás, Brigitta Hortobágyi, István Horváth, Zoltán Katonka, Krisztián Kelemen, Dóra Szelőczey, Milán Újvári, Gábor Vida
  • We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.

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