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Die Walküre | Stage Door Society

Die Walküre

Richard Wagner

Opera·Premiered 1870·Libretto by Richard Wagner·epic · german · mythology

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Synopsis

Wotan's daughter Brünnhilde defies his command and is punished with mortality, surrounded by a ring of fire.

Signature Interpreters

Performers most associated with this work.

Wotan

Tomasz Konieczny
6 recordings

Fricka

Annika Schlicht
1 recording · 4 performances

Siegmund

Stuart Skelton
5 recordings

Ortlinde

Mariana Poltorak
4 performances

Conductor

Omer Meir Wellber
4 performances

Most frequently performed at

Wiener Staatsoper
6 appearances · last in 2026
Hamburgische Staatsoper
4 appearances · last in 2026
Metropolitan Opera House
4 appearances · last in 2012
Mariinsky Theatre
1 appearance · last in 2026
Gran Teatre del Liceu
1 appearance · last in 2003

Available in Concert

This work appears as part of a multi-work programme in the following concerts.

SPstage plus2017

Subscription

Waldbühne 2017: Legends of the Rhine – with Gustavo Dudamel · Gustavo Dudamel

Programme

Wagner — Das Rheingold

Richard Wagner — Götterdämmerung

Richard Wagner — Die Walküre

Richard Wagner — Tristan und Isolde