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Radio 3 in Concert: Opera North Ring Cycle

Radio 3 in Concert: Opera North Ring Cycle: Episode 2: Die Walkure

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Episode 2

Episode 2: Die Walkure

Opera North Ring Cycle

Die Walkure

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Opera North Ring Cycle, Die Walkure

From Sage Gateshead, an Opera North performance of Wagner's Die Walkure.

From Sage Gateshead, Donald Macleod introduces an Opera North performance of Wagner's Die Walkure, the second instalment of the Ring Cycle.

Donald Macleod with Die Walküre, the second night of Opera North's imaginative concert performances of Wagner's Ring from Sage Gateshead. In Die Walküre love enters the scene as we meet Siegmund, who unwittingly falls in love with his sister Sieglinde. And we also meet Wotan's warrior daughters, the famous Valkyries, who are led by Wotan's favourite daughter, Brünnhilde.

Sung in German

Cast

Sieglinde ..... Lee Bisset (soprano)
Siegmund ..... Michael Weinius (tenor)
Wotan ..... Robert Hayward (bass baritone)
Fricka ..... Yvonne Howard (mezzo)
Hunding ..... James Creswell (bass)

The Valkyries:
Brünnhilde ..... Kelly Cae Hogan (soprano)
Rossweisse ..... Madeleine Shaw (mezzo)
Ortlinde ..... Kate Valentine (soprano)
Waltraute .....Heather Shipp (mezzo)
Siegrune ..... Sarah Castle (mezzo)
Gerhilde ..... Giselle Allen (soprano)
Grimgerde ..... Fiona Kimm (mezzo)
Helmwige ..... Katherine Broderick (soprano)
Schwertleite ..... Claudia Huckle (contralto)

Orchestra of Opera North conducted by Richard Farnes.

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From Sage Gateshead, Donald Macleod presents Wagner's Ring Cycle from Opera North

From Sage Gateshead, Donald Macleod introduces an Opera North production of Wagner's Ring Cycle

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