Wonderful production, nice and clean, not the kind of garish clutter we see far too often. I loved the thought-provoking interpretations on the acting/directing side, adding meaning and interest to the text rather than changing it around. A standing ovation for Emma Bell and Paul Carey Jones in particular. Thank you all for this!
Superb singing and acting, and playing in the pit. Great cast all really committed to the production, and it shows. Thank you - this has been a real treat and I’ll definitely watch again before it disappears.
Прекрасная Фрика, и Зиглинда, и Зигмунд. Ребята играют отлично, вкладываются по-полной, в отличии от записных звёзд, которых я слышал немало. С удовольствием сидел бы в зале. И артикуляция отличная, а несовершенства голосовые можно простить. Театральный праздник! Это очень ценно. Акцент на индивидуальности певцов без режиссерской лобуды. Я в восторге. Браво!
I enjoyed this hugely. I was not able to come to the "Live". I listened to it on line, enraptured by the quality of the music making and I am enormously grateful to OperaVision for making it available.
Esecuzione di primo ordine, direzione quasi sempre trascinante. Primo Atto strepitoso grazie anche a un Siegmund potentissimo. Nel secondo Atto qualche cedimento di tensione nella parte centrale, ma poderoso il finale, dalla apparizione di Brunilde a Siegmund in poi. Terzo Atto adeguato specie le otto walkirie. Mi è piaciuto molto Wotan , vecchio e smarrito, schiacciato dalla propria impotenza a rimediare ai guai da lui stesso combinati
Many thanks to Operavision and the Longborough Festival Opera for presenting the opera in razor-sharp 4k resolution. The quality of the 4k transfer is excellent, coping well with the low stage lighting. There is a beautifully natural sense of sharpness to the images, as well as more detail in dark areas than you normally get and we are able to view the entire stage without missing any details. It is definitely a staging that has benefited greatly from filming in 4K.
It’s nearly 50 years since I first (and last) watched The Valkyrie [Bayreuth, Gwyneth Jones as Brunhilde]. I had forgotten much of the detail of the story. This performance was stunning. Beautifully staged, magnificent voices and acting. The final scene between Wotan and Brunhilde was so intimate and heart-wrenching. For me the only drawback was Brunhilde’s overblown vibrato. Curious to know why Fricka was absent from the final bows. I know she only has a (relatively) small part, but still. Her voice and stage presence were superb.
Very fine production both musically and emotionally. I found it stirring, though I wondered about some of the directorial choices here and there, but that is the stuff of life.
Oh Boy! Had to cancel my trip to Brattleboro, Vermont for "Wagner in Vermont" next weekend. The Alpha and the Omega: Das Rheingold and Gotterdammerung. Happy to find this. Enjoy, All!
my birthday is on may 22 ... that's why i sleep under a portrait of richard wagner ... an aunt was a music critic and wagnerian ... i was her favorite due to my birthday ... that's why i inherited the portrait ... the ring i saw all over ... in paris ... in nyc (2 different productions) ... in zurich where i live ... the first performance of a part of walküre was in the baur au lac in zurich ... richard lived in zurich ... etc. etc. a lot of performances in la scala and of course ... bayreuth ... the best walküre of my life was in the met 1975 with ... birgit nilsson ... the same day in the evening gala performance with luciano pavarotti ... i think i was blessed ...
"Wagner himself composed the music and libretto and was a consultant on the STAGE DESIGN AND CHOREOGRAPHY. This all-encompassing art, or Gesamtkunstwerk... A Gesamtkunstwerk (literally 'total artwork') is a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so. -- Wikipedia Good singing. Too bad about the rest.
The production does not lose touch with the roots of the Ring story: Norse mythology. The singers look like the characters in these stories, they're not dressed up in modern garb, as if that would somehow make us understand the story better if they were.
In my humble opinion, it befits grim, other-worldly beings well; whereas, colourful and gaudy representations may not. That said, who knows what other-worldly beings might look like (if anything at all)? RW must be chuckling up (or down) there somewhere....
The recording is sublime and happily listen to as audio. Sieglinde is perfect. Just not sure about the cut-price staging, and still feel performers should be younger
The Brunnhilde was truly terrible and everyone else is a second rate singer, but in a world were poorly executed post-modern productions predominate and third and fourth rate singers make the roster at the Met this is still sadly one of the best performances today. Even the orchestra made quite a few mistakes but the magic of Wagner elevates everything so I still watched the whole thing through
Caro amico, abbiamo la fortuna di avere visto una messa in scena coerente senza i varii Tcherniakov che popolano l'europa e che terminano fischiati. Lee Bisset é stata Siglinde a Opera North nel 2013 se non sbaglio. A Berlino Staasoper recentemente hanno anche cambiato la storia...(Volle e Hampe comunque bravissimi). Scusa il mio italiano. Remigio dall'Argentina; dove nel 2013 abbiamo fatto il "Colon Ring" ossia un Ring accorciato ma tutto in due parti con una durata complessiva di sei ore...La Watson fu una grande Brunhilde, senza vibrato...
A parte qualche problema per la voce di Brünnhilde (e qualche piccolo particolare scenico - anch'io non ho particolarmente apprezzato l'inizio del III atto), come vorrei vedere tutto un Ring così senza alcuna intromissione da parte di qualche folle rappresentante del Regietheater
Caro amico: Dopo l'edizione di Pierre Boulez e Patrice Chereau del 1980 (ma che fu fischiata nel 1976 a Bayreuth) per me la migliore di tutte, io posseggo un'altra decina di RINGs. Straordinaria quella del 1992 di Baremboin - Kupfer a Berlino Staatsoper. Monto valida quella del MET 1988 con una Behrens purtroppo al limite, e anche la versione con le famose 24 travi del MET 2012 dove trovi la migliore coppia dei gemelli con Kaufmann e Westbroeck. Anche bella quella di Valencia 2006 che dirige Mehta. Quella della Scala 2010/13 per me da dimenticare: perche fare quelle ripulsive pustole nelle faccie di Mime e Alberico?? Remigio dall'Argentina
Went to Longborough a few years ago to see their Tristan which was wonderful. The audience was awful, full of Tories in penguins suits looking down at an ordinary opera lover like me who wasn’t there for the social life of the intervals !
Frankly disappointing. We're still waiting for the visual version that will take us out of the hell of the Regietheater, but it's not that one yet: no elegance, no vision of nature, just prosaic. Very cheap. And the singers are a disaster: screaming, enormous vibrato, and no charisma at all. It's all horrible.
Брунгильда ужасна в плане пения. Внешность, игра - ок, но голос жуть. Такая болтанка! А нашу Нетребко треплют и смешивают с грязью за гораздо меньшую вибрацию. В сравнении с этой Брунгильдой Нетребко просто звезда.
Superb performance and production. Faithfull to what was written, unlike many modern productions.
Wonderful production, nice and clean, not the kind of garish clutter we see far too often. I loved the thought-provoking interpretations on the acting/directing side, adding meaning and interest to the text rather than changing it around. A standing ovation for Emma Bell and Paul Carey Jones in particular. Thank you all for this!
This production looks so nice, magical, like a fairy-tale. As it should be ❤
Ah with English subtitles, thank you.
TRULY AWESOME!! Might be the BEST WALKURE out there!!
Superb singing and captivating staging respectful to the Story and the Composer - one of the best I have seen and heard. Thank you!
Eine wunderbare Aufnahme, sowohl stimmlich und tolle Inszenierung-Dankeschön ❤
The sound recording is really excellent. Thanks !
More of this content is needed, without advertising, on TH-cam ❤
Wow ..that was some performance.❤
Superb singing and acting, and playing in the pit. Great cast all really committed to the production, and it shows. Thank you - this has been a real treat and I’ll definitely watch again before it disappears.
This is world class. Really well done. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Прекрасная Фрика, и Зиглинда, и Зигмунд. Ребята играют отлично, вкладываются по-полной, в отличии от записных звёзд, которых я слышал немало. С удовольствием сидел бы в зале. И артикуляция отличная, а несовершенства голосовые можно простить. Театральный праздник! Это очень ценно. Акцент на индивидуальности певцов без режиссерской лобуды. Я в восторге. Браво!
I enjoyed this hugely. I was not able to come to the "Live". I listened to it on line, enraptured by the quality of the music making and I am enormously grateful to OperaVision for making it available.
What a beautiful production, very emotionally because the play is so good, bravi tutti
Dir Walkure .... Vynikajici ,Vyborne , To je prime , To je senzacni , To je fajn ❤❤
Esecuzione di primo ordine, direzione quasi sempre trascinante.
Primo Atto strepitoso grazie anche a un Siegmund potentissimo.
Nel secondo Atto qualche cedimento di tensione nella parte centrale, ma poderoso il finale, dalla apparizione di Brunilde a Siegmund in poi.
Terzo Atto adeguato specie le otto walkirie.
Mi è piaciuto molto Wotan , vecchio e smarrito, schiacciato dalla propria impotenza a rimediare ai guai da lui stesso combinati
The BEST Valkyrie I have ever seen. Amazing, heartbreaking show. I am looking forward for the other parts of the Ring.
Постановка просто блеск! Режиссер не стал выпячивать свое «вИдение», а дал попеть и поиграть в соответствии с замыслом автора. Аплодисменты.
There is something cozy and very human about this production, a great labor of love. Longborough is now a second Bayreuth.
Anche meglio. Scene e regia fedeli al testo. Cosa che a Bayreuth hanno dimenticato da tempo
Such a wonderful production, to see and to hear!
Lovely balance between voices and orchestra. ❤
Longborough is a wonderful source of great music in a beautiful setting wrapped in a warm welcome. 2025 season well worth a look!
Maravillosa interpretación!!!! Gracias !!!
Die Walkure , Wagner , is very , very , Good , and , excellent ❤❤
Many thanks to Operavision and the Longborough Festival Opera for presenting the opera in razor-sharp 4k resolution. The quality of the 4k transfer is excellent, coping well with the low stage lighting. There is a beautifully natural sense of sharpness to the images, as well as more detail in dark areas than you normally get and we are able to view the entire stage without missing any details. It is definitely a staging that has benefited greatly from filming in 4K.
Amazing Thanks Opera Vision
Essenziale nella scenografia è bello sentire che la musica e l'interpretazione prevalgono su tutto.
If the singing and orchestra carry on like this it's going to be brilliant
It’s nearly 50 years since I first (and last) watched The Valkyrie [Bayreuth, Gwyneth Jones as Brunhilde]. I had forgotten much of the detail of the story.
This performance was stunning. Beautifully staged, magnificent voices and acting. The final scene between Wotan and Brunhilde was so intimate and heart-wrenching.
For me the only drawback was Brunhilde’s overblown vibrato.
Curious to know why Fricka was absent from the final bows. I know she only has a (relatively) small part, but still. Her voice and stage presence were superb.
Very fine production both musically and emotionally. I found it stirring, though I wondered about some of the directorial choices here and there, but that is the stuff of life.
Блискавично!!!! Дякую🙏🏻
Hunding has my grandmother’s old chair!
Also, Wotan's spear has Peyronie's disease, which is a nice bit of symbolism.
this is the most unhinged comment ever sdfghjk i love it
Oh Boy!
Had to cancel my trip to Brattleboro, Vermont for "Wagner in Vermont" next weekend. The Alpha and the Omega: Das Rheingold and Gotterdammerung.
Happy to find this.
Enjoy, All!
my birthday is on may 22 ... that's why i sleep under a portrait of richard wagner ... an aunt was a music critic and wagnerian ... i was her favorite due to my birthday ... that's why i inherited the portrait ... the ring i saw all over ... in paris ... in nyc (2 different productions) ... in zurich where i live ... the first performance of a part of walküre was in the baur au lac in zurich ... richard lived in zurich ... etc. etc. a lot of performances in la scala and of course ... bayreuth ... the best walküre of my life was in the met 1975 with ... birgit nilsson ... the same day in the evening gala performance with luciano pavarotti ... i think i was blessed ...
"Wagner himself composed the music and libretto and was a consultant on the STAGE DESIGN AND CHOREOGRAPHY. This all-encompassing art, or Gesamtkunstwerk...
A Gesamtkunstwerk (literally 'total artwork') is a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so.
-- Wikipedia
Good singing. Too bad about the rest.
Wonderful Woton.
Spasiba ❤
Gracias !
Une superbe production avec des SOUS-TITRES FRANÇAIS !!!
Just noticed it was live now, came in right before Annunciation scene. Will came back later and watch whole thing.
This is transmission of a performance made and recorded during June 2024. You can fwd or rwd the video whenever you want. Best!
Molt bona gravació
Impressive singing overall…particularly Hundig (Mr Close).
So klingt Wagner!!!
Wow, a lot of fine singing on this Walküre, Hunding here is so powerful he can defies Wotan himself. Thanks for sharing Opera Vision.
🎉🎉🎉
Very good...
Is the rest of this cycle recorded and available for viewing somewhere?
Lee Bisset wins the internal contest of "most wobbly voice".
😄
9/10 , -1 point for Wotan not arriving on a helicopter.
What makes you think I didn’t? 😉
@@paulcareyjones LOL
The production does not lose touch with the roots of the Ring story: Norse mythology.
The singers look like the characters in these stories, they're not dressed up in modern garb, as if that would somehow make us understand the story better if they were.
1:06:55 Hojotoho! Brunnhilde ftw.
Just 10 minutes into it - but really GOOD!!! And I'm no fan of Wagner.
Me too…. great singing and orchestral sounds…
Totally agree!!! ❤
You are now. :)
You should
Shaw almost makes me like Fricka
Beautiful presentation. It's a shame there are no English subtitles.
there is, press cc on the screen
Thank you both!
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This is my personal favorite production, except for the zombie-like choreography of the Valkyries. I think Emma is wonderful as Sieglinde.
thank you😊
In my humble opinion, it befits grim, other-worldly beings well; whereas, colourful and gaudy representations may not. That said, who knows what other-worldly beings might look like (if anything at all)? RW must be chuckling up (or down) there somewhere....
She needs to work on that battle cry
❤
2:36: 20 Looks like the Valkyrie are doing a commercial for scented body wash.
The recording is sublime and happily listen to as audio. Sieglinde is perfect. Just not sure about the cut-price staging, and still feel performers should be younger
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this can't be real....
Oh nooo that’s a rough Brünnhilde
The Brunnhilde was truly terrible and everyone else is a second rate singer, but in a world were poorly executed post-modern productions predominate and third and fourth rate singers make the roster at the Met this is still sadly one of the best performances today. Even the orchestra made quite a few mistakes but the magic of Wagner elevates everything so I still watched the whole thing through
A tenor sings Wotan?
Molto buono orchestra e cantanti ❤peccato x brunnhilde insufficiente brutto vibrato
Caro amico, abbiamo la fortuna di avere visto una messa in scena coerente senza i varii Tcherniakov che popolano l'europa e che terminano fischiati. Lee Bisset é stata Siglinde a Opera North nel 2013 se non sbaglio. A Berlino Staasoper recentemente hanno anche cambiato la storia...(Volle e Hampe comunque bravissimi). Scusa il mio italiano. Remigio dall'Argentina; dove nel 2013 abbiamo fatto il "Colon Ring" ossia un Ring accorciato ma tutto in due parti con una durata complessiva di sei ore...La Watson fu una grande Brunhilde, senza vibrato...
A parte qualche problema per la voce di Brünnhilde (e qualche piccolo particolare scenico - anch'io non ho particolarmente apprezzato l'inizio del III atto), come vorrei vedere tutto un Ring così senza alcuna intromissione da parte di qualche folle rappresentante del Regietheater
Caro amico: Dopo l'edizione di Pierre Boulez e Patrice Chereau del 1980 (ma che fu fischiata nel 1976 a Bayreuth) per me la migliore di tutte, io posseggo un'altra decina di RINGs. Straordinaria quella del 1992 di Baremboin - Kupfer a Berlino Staatsoper. Monto valida quella del MET 1988 con una Behrens purtroppo al limite, e anche la versione con le famose 24 travi del MET 2012 dove trovi la migliore coppia dei gemelli con Kaufmann e Westbroeck. Anche bella quella di Valencia 2006 che dirige Mehta. Quella della Scala 2010/13 per me da dimenticare: perche fare quelle ripulsive pustole nelle faccie di Mime e Alberico?? Remigio dall'Argentina
Went to Longborough a few years ago to see their Tristan which was wonderful. The audience was awful, full of Tories in penguins suits looking down at an ordinary opera lover like me who wasn’t there for the social life of the intervals !
@@paulbale3872 Longborough has a wonderful audience - there for the love of the opera, the experience, the ambience. No nonsense joy.
Hilarious Brünnhilde!😂
Excellent Sieglinde and Siegmund, shockingly unbearable and unruly Brünnhilde.
Why is Wotan carrying around a Bible?
A book, not a Bible.
It all looked so promising...then Brunnhilde arrived. Sorry, I can't stay
@sigisings after a very funny hojotoho, she gets a little better due to the lower tessitura, just a little better.
Horrible Brunhilde!
Frankly disappointing. We're still waiting for the visual version that will take us out of the hell of the Regietheater, but it's not that one yet: no elegance, no vision of nature, just prosaic. Very cheap.
And the singers are a disaster: screaming, enormous vibrato, and no charisma at all.
It's all horrible.
Not bad.....A little too much pantomime/ histrionics for me But whatever
2 minutes of vorspiel and I have enough: no staccato, no tension, just amateurish try - good idea, worse execution. Sorry.
Брунгильда ужасна в плане пения. Внешность, игра - ок, но голос жуть. Такая болтанка! А нашу Нетребко треплют и смешивают с грязью за гораздо меньшую вибрацию. В сравнении с этой Брунгильдой Нетребко просто звезда.
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