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Die Walküre
Opens: 16/06/2012 Closes: 14/07/2012
UK tour
From Greek myth to Shakespeare, Wagner drew inspiration for Die Walküre from a melting pot of highbrow cultural references. The second of four operas that forms perhaps his most famous work, The Ring Cycle, it also includes one of his most famous excerpts, The Ride of the Valkyries. This production is staged in various venues across the north of England.
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Whatsonstage.com“Emotionally and dramatically convincing...” Conductor Richard Farnes and director/designer Peter Mumford have created a distinctive visual and aural language with a vital and well balanced performance that communicates vividly with the audience...
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The Telegraph“Nothing short of stupendous...” It’s magnificently to Opera North’s credit that its semi-staged concert version of this bottomlessly challenging work reaches its half-way mark with all colours flying...
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The Arts Desk“A no-frills approach to Wagner...” Forget fat ladies wearing Viking helmets. Here the intimacy, the surprising humanity of Die Walküre come to the fore...
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Guardian“Continues to enthrall and amaze...” Musical standards remain consistently high, though it also owes much to its director, Peter Mumford, whose concert staging tells us more about Die Walküre than most full-scale productions by getting rid of everything but the essentials...
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