"Der Männer sippe saß hier im Saal" from Die Walküre (Boulez/Chéreau)

[@gowanhewlett745]

Magnificent…..completely so. Thankyou

[@benschroth7717]

Best production ever.

[@alexsandroalvesartecultura5116]

Kupfer/Barenboim.

[@davidbastardo4154]

@@alexsandroalvesartecultura5116 Is that joking?

[@alexsandroalvesartecultura5116]

@@davidbastardo4154 That is the truth.

[@davidbastardo4154]

@@alexsandroalvesartecultura5116 The lasers were really off-putting. Also, punk costumes? Leather jackets? I would much rather watch Chéreau's production, or Schenk's.

[@alexsandroalvesartecultura5116]

@@davidbastardo4154 Having to disagree. Inserting The Ring in a reality on the verge of the nuclear apocalypse, in addition to being realistic, matches the work. Not to mention the voices, for the most part, better than those of Boulez/Chereau. Sound and image, then, are beyond compare.

[@wotan10950]

I’ve seen this so many times, but I think I underestimated Altmeyer. She’s fantastic, using a very Italian legato line rather than the usual screeching. Someone said she not anguished enough - don’t forget that only the beginning of this soliloquy is anguished; Sieglinde is quite furious as she continues. “Sweet Revenge” is what she demands when she realizes that the old man was her father, and this stranger is her brother.

[@metacarple]

I always have an issue with productions which make Hunding's house very grand, as here in late Georgian splendour. Who has a house like this without a team of servants? That being the case, how does Siegmund just wander in, unchallenged?

[@FunFilmFare]

So basically Wotan was at his daughter Sieglinde’s wedding to an abusive husband, but did nothing to help her 🙁

[@davidbastardo4154]

Because he needed to set off his plan in motion, which was a long term plan. By remembering who Wotan was, Sieglinde probably foresaw that it was her fate, and simply accepted it.

[@Sir.Larselot]

Okay, each its own. And i´m not happy with her sliding singing: the intonation starts too deep very often and with a strong portamento from below grounds she reaches the right pitch of the note. It´s a frequently encountered bad habit from many singers in this heavy repertory, but i don´t like it.

[@brumels1570]

Voice very pretty but not at all an anguished suffering Sieglinde.