Richard Wagner: Die Walküre

Wagner readings

The Valkyrie Brünnhilde defies the father of the gods, Wotan - and yet accomplishes his will: She rescues the still unborn hero Siegfried. Part two of Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen" can now be experienced in Kent Nagano's original sound project!

As the most emotional evening of Wagner's tetralogy, "Die Walküre" is not only about Wotan's titular daughter Brünnhilde, but also about the twin couple Siegmund and Sieglinde. Their love is the most intimate and momentous in the entire Ring. In incest they beget Siegfried. With this story, so rich in lust and suffering, the "Wagner Readings" by Kent Nagano and the Concerto Köln, together with the Dresden Festival Orchestra, now find their long-awaited continuation: historically informed, sensually performed.