Tag: Christopher Ventris

  • DIE WALKURE @ Bayreuth ~ 2016

    Lundgren

    Above: bass-baritone John Lundgren

    Wagner’s DIE WALKURE from the 2016 Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Marek Janowski with the following cast:

    Siegmund – Christopher Ventris
    Hunding – Georg Zeppenfeld
    Wotan – John Lundgren
    Sieglinde – Heidi Melton
    Brünnhilde – Catherine Foster
    Fricka – Sarah Connolly
    Gerhilde – Caroline Wenborne
    Ortlinde – Dara Hobbs
    Waltraute – Stephanie Houtzeel
    Schwertleite – Nadine Weissmann
    Helmwige – Christiane Kohl
    Siegrune – Mareike Morr
    Grimgerde – Wiebke Lehmkuhl
    Rossweisse – Alexandra Petersamer

    Watch and listen here.

  • WALKURE @ Vienna 2016

    Snapshot walkure

    Above: Christopher Ventris and Waltraud Meier winning a huge ovation after Act I of WALKURE

    Adam Fischer conducts a performance of Wagner’s WALKURE at the Vienna State Opera in 2016 with Linda Watson (Brunnhilde), Waltraud Meier (Sieglinde), Michaela Schuster (Fricka), Christopher Ventris (Siegmund), Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), and Ain Anger (Hunding).

    Watch and listen here.