Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Act 1 | 20121225 | Wagner's Die Walküre, Act 1 Presented by Donald Macleod From the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. In the second of the Ring dramas, we move from the realm of the gods to the human sphere, where love enters the story in the blossoming incestuous relationship between the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. Siegmund.....Simon O'Neill (Tenor) Sieglinde.....Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano) Hunding.....John Tomlinson (Bass) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House Conductor, Antonio Pappano. Act 1 of Wagner's Die Walkure, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances |
| 01 | Acts 1 And 2 | 20121018 | Wagner's Die Walküre Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Presented by Donald Macleod In the second of the Ring dramas, live from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, we move from the realm of the gods to the human sphere, where love enters the story in the blossoming relationship between the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. But Fricka, as guardian of marriage, insists that her husband, Wotan, strikes down Siegmund for his transgression. And we meet one of the main characters in the story, the Valkyrie, Brunnhilde who fails to carry out Wotan's order to destroy Siegmund. As a result she is stripped of her divinity and left on a fire-encircled rock. Donald Macleod is joined by Wagner expert Barbara Eichner. Siegmund.....Simon O'Neill (Tenor) Sieglinde.....Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano) Hunding.....John Tomlinson (Bass) Wotan.....Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone) Brünnhilde.....Susan Bullock (Soprano) Fricka.....Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-Soprano) Gerhilde.....Alwyn Mellor (Soprano) Ortlinde.....Katherine Broderick (Soprano) Waltraute.....Karen Cargill (Mezzo-Soprano) Schwertleite.....Anna Burford (Mezzo-Soprano) Helmwige.....Elisabeth Meister (Soprano) Siegrune.....Sarah Castle (Mezzo-Soprano) Grimgerde.....Clare Shearer (Mezzo-Soprano) Rossweisse.....Madeleine Shaw (Mezzo-Soprano) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House Conductor, Antonio Pappano. Acts 1 and 2 of Die Walkure, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra under Antonio Pappano. Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances |
| 02 | Act 2 | 20121226 | Wagner's Die Walküre, Act 2 Presented by Donald Macleod Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in October and originally broadcast live. The second opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, Die Walküre, tells of the blossoming relationship between the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. In Act 2, Fricka, as guardian of marriage, insists that her husband, Wotan, strikes down Siegmund for his transgression, and we meet one of the main characters in the story, Wotan's favourite Valkyrie, Brunnhilde. Siegmund.....Simon O'Neill (Tenor) Sieglinde.....Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano) Hunding.....John Tomlinson (Bass) Wotan.....Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone) Brünnhilde.....Susan Bullock (Soprano) Fricka.....Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-Soprano) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House Conductor, Antonio Pappano. Act 2 of Wagner's Die Walkure, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances |
| 02 | Act 3 | 20121018 | Wagner's Die Walküre Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Presented by Donald Macleod In the second of the Ring dramas, live from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, we move from the realm of the gods to the human sphere, where love enters the story in the blossoming relationship between the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. But Fricka, as guardian of marriage, insists that her husband, Wotan, strikes down Siegmund for his transgression. And we meet one of the main characters in the story, the Valkyrie, Brunnhilde who fails to carry out Wotan's order to destroy Siegmund. As a result she is stripped of her divinity and left on a fire-encircled rock. Donald Macleod is joined by Wagner expert Barbara Eichner. Siegmund.....Simon O'Neill (Tenor) Sieglinde.....Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano) Hunding.....John Tomlinson (Bass) Wotan.....Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone) Brünnhilde.....Susan Bullock (Soprano) Fricka.....Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-Soprano) Gerhilde.....Alwyn Mellor (Soprano) Ortlinde.....Katherine Broderick (Soprano) Waltraute.....Karen Cargill (Mezzo-Soprano) Schwertleite.....Anna Burford (Mezzo-Soprano) Helmwige.....Elisabeth Meister (Soprano) Siegrune.....Sarah Castle (Mezzo-Soprano) Grimgerde.....Clare Shearer (Mezzo-Soprano) Rossweisse.....Madeleine Shaw (Mezzo-Soprano) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House Conductor, Antonio Pappano Act 3 of Wagner's Die Walkure, with the Royal Opera House Orchestra under Antonio Pappano. Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances |
| 03 | Act 3 | 20121227 | Wagner's Die Walküre, Act 3 Presented by Donald Macleod Another chance to hear Wagner's Ring originally broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in October broadcast act by act daily over the Christmas period. In Act 3 of Die Walküre, the second opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, Wotan strips his Valkyrie daughter, Brünnhilde, of her divinity, as she failed to carry out his order to destroy Siegmund. Brünnhilde's punishment is to be left in a magic sleep on a fire-encircled rock. Siegmund.....Simon O'Neill (Tenor) Sieglinde.....Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano) Wotan.....Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone) Brünnhilde.....Susan Bullock (Soprano) Fricka.....Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-Soprano) Gerhilde.....Alwyn Mellor (Soprano) Ortlinde.....Katherine Broderick (Soprano) Waltraute.....Karen Cargill (Mezzo-Soprano) Schwertleite.....Anna Burford (Mezzo-Soprano) Helmwige.....Elisabeth Meister (Soprano) Siegrune.....Sarah Castle (Mezzo-Soprano) Grimgerde.....Clare Shearer (Mezzo-Soprano) Rossweisse.....Madeleine Shaw (Mezzo-Soprano) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House Conductor, Antonio Pappano. Act 3 of Wagner's Die Walkure performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances |