Wagner Die Walküre to a libretto by the composer. Directed 2018 by Keith Warner at Royal Opera House. Stars Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Emily Magee (Sieglinde), Ain Anger (Hunding), John Lundgren (Wotan), Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), and Sarah Connolly (Fricka). Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (Concert Master Vasko Vassilev). Set design by Stefanos Lazaridis; costume design by Marie-Jeanne Lecca; lighting design by Wolfgang Göbbel; video design by Mic Pool and Dick Straker; movement direction by Michael Barry. Directed for TV by Jonathan Haswell; music producer was Jonathan Allen. Sung in German. Released 2020, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
This appears to be the first time the ROH has released anything from the Ring cycle in Blu-ray (rather than in miserable DVD). Of course, there is excellent music here from Pappano and the many famous names in the cast. But the ROH isn’t even in the same game with the Met, La Scala, and others who have released all 4 operas in the Ring cycle in Blu-ray. The Met Blu-ray box still rules!
Here are a couple of YouTube clips for this production, which was first seen in movie theaters around the globe:
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