The second part of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Walküre relates the story from Norse mythology of Siegmund and Sieglinde, whose illicit love angers the goddess Fricka and leads inevitably to the birth of the hero Siegfried. This is the second installment in Jaap van Zweden's ambitious Ring cycle with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, a project he regards as central to his work with the orchestra. The production features Stuart Skelton as Siegmund, Heidi Melton as Sieglinde, and Falk Struckmann as Hunding, the ...
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The second part of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Walküre relates the story from Norse mythology of Siegmund and Sieglinde, whose illicit love angers the goddess Fricka and leads inevitably to the birth of the hero Siegfried. This is the second installment in Jaap van Zweden's ambitious Ring cycle with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, a project he regards as central to his work with the orchestra. The production features Stuart Skelton as Siegmund, Heidi Melton as Sieglinde, and Falk Struckmann as Hunding, the jealous husband of Sieglinde, along with Matthias Goerne as Wotan, Michelle DeYoung as Fricka, and Petra Lang as the Valkyrie of the title, Brünnhilde. This cast may not have the name recognition of the great Bayreuth veterans, but these are strong voices well trained in Wagner's notoriously demanding music, and the performance as a whole is convincing. The Hong Kong Philharmonic may not seem like a rising Wagnerian orchestra, but in spite of some occasional rough edges, it plays its...
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