Royal Opera

Die Walküre

In Cinemas 14, 15 & 18 Jun 2025
Conductor
Antonio Pappano
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast
Christopher Maltman (Wotan), Elisabet Strid (Brünnhilde), Natalya Romaniw (Sieglinde), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund), Soloman Howard (Hunding), Marina Prudenskaya (Fricka), Maida Hundeling (Helmwige), Katie Lowe (Ortlinde), Lee Bisset (Gerhilde), Claire Barnett-Jones (Waltraute), Catherine Carby (Siegrune), Alison Kettlewell (Rossweisse), Monika-Evelin Liiv (Grimgerde), Rhonda Brown (Schwertleite)
Composer
Richard Wagner
Director
Barrie Kosky
Set Design
Rufus Didwiszus
Duration
5h11 incl. two intervals of 20-25 mins, the first from approximately 1h20, the second from 3h20.
Sung in German, with English subtitles.
Captured live from Covent Garden, London, 14 May 2025
Official Event Listing
  • Revelatory. This stark and stunning production is breathtaking. Pappano proves it was possible to discover ever deeper resonances in Wagner’s music.
    Barry Millington, THE STANDARD
    Formidable. A magic, memorable new production full of very fine singing and playing.
    Erica Jeal, THE GUARDIAN
    Brilliantly imagined. Kosky's startling theatricality goes hand in love with Pappano's vivid conducting and the orchestra's magnificent playing.
    Richard Morrison, THE TIMES
    Each picture and movement and gesture on stage takes its form from the music. If this Ring were an HBO series, the Emmy awards would be in the can.
    Peter Quantrill,, BACHTRACK
    A very special occasion. Pappano achieves a personal Wagnerian triumph.
    George Hall, THE STAGE

Opera in three acts (1870)

New Production! Prepare for a wild ride, as gods and mortals battle in the thunderous second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle. Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the mythical adventure that began with Das Rheingold in 2023.

On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers – Sieglinde (Natalya Romaniw) and Siegmund (Stanislas de Barbeyrac) together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan (Christopher Maltman) and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde (Elisabet Strid).

RBO guidance: suitable for audiences 12+. ‘RBO Die Walküre also contains sequences of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Please note programme change: the previously billed Lise Davidsen has withdrawn from this production as she awaits the birth of twins. [updated 28/1/25]

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