I'm no Wagnerian expert but, as a 48 year old Opera student and singer I find this production refreshing, interesting and very well done! The constrasts between the crazy happy and morbid sisters and brunhilde is amazing and helpful to understand the drama soon to unfold.
I've always liked the ride of the Valkyries, but this production is absolute genius. The horror and the grandeur, even the touch of 'overdone', everything is there!
I like this staging because these alcohol fuelled Valkyries are so decadent. The world that they live in is decadent and destined to be destroyed in Gotterdammerung. Even if there is redemption through Brunhilde's sacrifice in the end , all the characters have a dark underside. I enjoyed the moment when the set rotated and we saw more Valkyries on the roof. Musically the scene is a masterpiece and requires great discipline from everyone. Wagner composed it to give the impression the Valkyries are singing over each other sometimes with overlapping entries and that continues through the act. I would have loved to see this production.
I believe this is the most powerful version of the ring I've ever seen. The wagnerian forces are exposed in your true form. I recommend the complete cycle, the Wagner's work is monumental and this interpretation is remarkable!
Well, they are death messengers like the Crows of the Battle field and they know the soldiers are going to live in Valhalla so they're cheerful about death. Wish they were in the traditional armor though. (sigh). But they can sing! Wow-slam those high notes!
LOVE IT. For those of you don't, because it's not trad. w/horned helmets, consider this: For opera to remain viable for average people, new interpretations reflecting a sense of today's values/humor provide an enticing spin for newbies to see an opera. The hope is that some find they love opera and support it. My first Walkure was avante-garde version in 1985 (Seattle Opera). I didn't like at first but as I matured, I got it. I loved that production in time and paid to see it many times.
Sometimes I want to listen to the vigorous music that is far from everyday life This masterpiece washes away the hustle and bustle of my everyday routine From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
DIVINE DIVINE DIVINE!!! I never thought I'd laugh out loud at the Valkyries and still find them soooooooooo perfect! The blood drenched hem on the gowns - perfect!
One of the most spectacular musical paintings in opera. You don't need to know German, you don't even need to see the Valkyries to know what's happening. It is spectacular\
This is the first time I saw such an interpretation of Wagner's work, I think it is a beautiful smashing and drunken showpiece...! It should go on to be in Opera Houses all over the planet.
Lots of people there don't bseem to grasp the consistency of the costume design. The aesthetic is European 1940s (World War II era) Look up gowns in that time and you'll see these ones in the play with opera gloves. The blood, front split and under trousers match well enough as a variation on the classic look. And their short brunette hair was also in vogue at the time. Basically look up Queen Elizabeth as a princess
think I still like best the escenering of this scene during the Holland festival performance july 1999, where the walkures were taxiing like airplanes on an airstrip without all those dead warriors, very stylistique and lots of room for your own imagination
It’s available on DVD. The scene withe Rheingold and the Rheinmadians is set in a big tank on the stage where the Rheingold is a naked handsome guy and when Alberich steals the Rheingold he actually kills the youth by ripping his heart out.
All though I find this production a detestable confusion of music, theme, costume, and setting, there are some elements of this scene and the way it was recorded that I find intriguing. I really wish they weren't drinking and looting, but I do like the idea of the bodies. I also like the overall design and the way everything comes together visually. The jump shots and close-ups add interest. And, I really can't complain about the music, either. Not too bad a concept here in the end, I guess.
5:44 It's such a tremendously nice timber! What's her name? Who are they? Could you write their names in the description, please? Or a link to look for it.
I just realized... the Valkyries’ wings are black like vultures? And just like vultures they fly around in packs in search of anything dead. I wonder if this was intentional 😉
Samuel Pérez García Nope, it's controversial because of everything else. Some of the stage directions were changed, like Sieglinde pulling Notung out instead of Siegmund, and Hunding actually surviving. Das Rheingold is also kinda bloody with Alberich having his arm chopped off by Wotan. And I don't think some people liked the feminist take on the whole thing, since this Ring Cycle really centers around Brunhilde. This entire Ring is available here for viewing.
It’s more of a re-imagining of The Ring, as the valkyries (Brünnhilde especially) are more involved in the actual plot throughout. Still, it’s an interesting take on it and this is the first version of The Ring that I watched.
where be their horses? Valkyries Ride horses (or helicopters), how else do you think they get the dead warriors back to Valhalla? You can't medivac a strapping great Viking Warrior on the back of a woman!
Valkyrie had cloaks of swan feathers not angel wings, aside from that I love this and once again want to see this opera redone as an epic movie with the music.
going to live tha t li fe we are here to liv e ............... a hard time............ to try to stay aive to b e us ............. hoping we survuve it............
Inspired by this masterpiece, I may dream of a 16 th century Japanese wariord who lost his life in rebellion by his retainer, with the unification of Japan in sight
The world is mostly ocean. History of the world, largely sea legends so far and culture as we know it so far has been told in poems and song, music. So, this is the opposite of “surely strange”
Hübsche Weiberlein auf dem Dach beim Tanzen: Eigendlich nicht schlecht mit dem modernen Hintergrund; Eigendlich soll hierbei geritten- oder mit Millitärfahrzeuge zum Einsatzort gefahren werden, bei DIESER Musik - oder ? :-) (Y)
How can this song become a cartoon where Elmer fud is hunting rabbits and bugs bunny is running and the movie appolclise now uses the song for an attack scene flying in helicopters 😮
