The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. Hildegard Behrens brings deep empathy to Brünnhilde, the favorite daughter of the god Wotan (James Morris) who nevertheless defies him. Morris’s portrayal of Wotan is deservedly legendary, as is Christa Ludwig, as Fricka. Jessye Norman and Gary Lakes are Sieglinde and Siegmund, and Kurt Moll is the threatening Hunding. James Levine and the Met orchestra provide astonishing color and drama. (Performed April 8, 1989)
as Brünnhilde
as Wotan
as Sieglinde
as Fricka
as Siegmund
as Hunding
as Helmwige
as Ortlinde
as Gerhilde
as Waltraute
as Siegrune
as Rossweisse
as Grimgerde
as Schwertleite
as Self - Conductor
