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Die Walküre

on BBC Radio 3

The first instalment of GOTZ FRIEDRICH 'S production of Wagner's Ring cycle live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, (sung in German)
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
ORCHESTRA, conducted by BERNARD HAITINK Act
6.30 Gotz Friedrich and Antony Peattie discuss this production, and Barry Millington talks of Rings around the world.
7.15 Act 2
8.45 Nicholas Kenyon investigates the progress of the Garden Venture, launched by the Royal
Opera this May with the premieres of seven new chamber operas, and Gotz Friedrich talks with Antony Peattie about the relationships between the music and text of the opera and between the director and conductor.
9.30 Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Gotz Friedrich
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink
Unknown:
Gotz Friedrich
Unknown:
Antony Peattie
Talks:
Barry Millington
Unknown:
Nicholas Kenyon
Talks:
Gotz Friedrich
Unknown:
Antony Peattie
Mortals: Hunding, a huntsman:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Sieglinde, his wife:
Gabriele Schnaut (sop)
Siegmund, her twin brother:
René Kollo (tenor)
Gods: Wotan:
James Morris (bass)
Fricka, his wife:
Helga Dernesch (mezzo)
The Valkyries, Wotan's daughters: Brünnhilde:
Gwyneth Jones (soprano)
Helmwige:
Penelope Daner (soprano)
Gerhilde:
Phyllis Cannan (soprano)
Ortlinde:
Christine Teare (soprano)
Waltraute:
Anne Mason (mezzo)
Siegrune:
Jane Turner (soprano)
Grimgerde:
Gillian Knight (mezzo)
Schwertleite:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo)
Rossweisse:
Anne Marie Owens (mezzo)

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