I don't understand the negative comments. The production is completely credible, the direction of the characters is precise and well thought out, and the acting of all the singers is brilliant! Vocally and technically this is a fantastic ensemble! I neither find Brünnhilde too wobbly, nor Mr. Pape rude (that's really pure interpretation), but great as the mean Hunding. Wotan wasn't enough for me, but he was a great actor. And what a vocally great Siegmund, baritone-colored, with sensational Wälse calls and such round-sounding passages that I haven't heard since the young Hofmann. His Sieglinde was just as exciting and great! I am happy about every good Valkyrie and refuse to try to find every fly in the ointment. Everyone who puts their skin on the market makes themselves naked and vulnerable and gives everything for our enjoyment. Thanks for that!
Обожнюю Рікарду Мербет! Чудова співачка і актриса. Її голос досить специфічний - величезний, летючий, в ньому є сяйво, що не передається у запису, але воно відчутне у залі. Іноді він нерівний, але зачаровує вщент. Браво, Рікарда!
All-in-all, a good performance. In the Wagner operas, there is always one weak link, and here it is Brunnhilde. She is terrible. Every single word is shouted. But I enjoyed the other singers, and I’ve seen a few of them (Pieczonka, Skelton, Konieczny, Pape) onstage in the theater.
A más de uno acá en los comentarios se le olvida que parte del arte es la interpretación, que es una cosa absolutamente personal e idiosincrásica. Me encantó la adaptación de la ópera a un contexto moderno, realmente revela algunos aspectos anacrónicos de Wagner. Aunque estoy seguro de que algún hater promedio de Wagner no lo apreciará.
lo siento pero estoy harto de ver estos vestuarios en las operas de Wagner. Es antiestético. Cuando vemos una opera de la tetralogía queremos ver nibelungos y dioses, no hombres con corbata. Es una pena que una gran actuación quede ensombrecida por semejante exhibición de mal gusto
Stufo all'inverosimile di assistere a tali edizioni fantasiose delle Immortali Opere di Richard Wagner (e degli altri Sommi Compositori del passato più o meno recente)!
CAST !!??? Ricarda Merbeth as Brünnhilde had a good voice for high spinto roles but has an unbearable wobble nowadays. Adrienne Pieczonka as Sieglinde is ok and so is the Fricka. The Wotan sounds too small and the Siegmund sounds bad.
Why was Pape so upset and unpolite at his curtain call? I heard Ricarda Merbeth many times (Elsa, Elizabeth, Senta and some concerts), she had a nice light Wagnerian soprano voice. It seems that she has been pushing her instrument quite much lately.
I’ve seen him do the same gestures in New York……but only when he isn’t in a starring role. Hunding is probably the least of the major characters, and I think his gesture meant “Don’t waste your ovation on my rendition of Hunding!”
