Die Walk\u00fcre<\/em> begins slightly extra historically. A tree \u2013 sure, an precise tree! \u2013 has crashed into Hunding and Sieglinde\u2019s slightly shabby house. The gun-toting Hunding may \u2013 as with Dmitri Tcherniakov extra lately in Berlin \u2013 work in safety for Wotan, or he is perhaps an electrician since he busies himself on the fuse field attempting to get the lights on. Siegmund enters sporting a wolf\u2019s masks and lays down by an electrical fireplace (which characters then appear to neglect is on and can put their arms on high of it or sit on it). Sieglinde hobbles in sporting her dressing robe and truly provides Siegmund some water (as within the libretto). Sieglinde can\u2019t drink the mead as a result of she is closely pregnant: is the kid Hunding\u2019s, or worse nonetheless, Wotan\u2019s? (Too usually Lise Davidsen, as Sieglinde, will neglect to waddle throughout her efficiency.)<\/p>\nIt just isn’t a cheerful marriage as Sieglinde rapidly turns over her marriage ceremony picture on the wall. Hunding returns and replaces a fuse and mistreats Sieglinde threatening to hit her earlier than pushing her to the ground. Hunding sits up ingesting as Siegmund sings \u2018Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater\u2019 and his promised sword right here is the knife Sieglinde has put within the pocket of his trench coat. Sieglinde is on the ground above holding a black field with glowing pyramid inside it. Hunding is asleep (it’s unclear how or if he was drugged) and as reminiscences are rekindled for Siegmund and Sieglinde we see them as faceless kids of their wood-panelled bedrooms with toy horses in cabinets. Sieglinde screws up a drawing of a Wagnerian horn-helmeted head and Siegmund claims a gun from the field with the pyramid. As the twins recognise the images of their youthful selves (we first noticed in Das Rheingold<\/em>) they are going to unite them over their heads because the set recedes and we’re again in Hunding\u2019s house as he threatens Siegmund with a wrench.<\/p>\nAct II begins with Wotan in a yellow go well with and he has the field again (or are there two?). Blinged-up Valkyries with their designer purses are mourners at Freia\u2019s funeral which is being held within the mansion. Possibly as a result of she was affected by Stockholm syndrome Freia will need to have shot herself on the finish of Rheingold<\/em>. Wotan and Br\u00fcnnhilde (who appears to be like like a rock chick) are being filmed for social media by their manservant \u2018Grane\u2019 as Wotan places a gold medallion \u2013 maybe representing the legal guidelines and treaties on which his energy rests \u2013 spherical Br\u00fcnnhilde\u2019s neck. Fricka in black is available in with Hunding to petition Wotan and leaves happy having received what she wants from him. Br\u00fcnnhilde has been seen sheltering in what appears to be like like a big vivarium to the facet of an entrance to a cave. I suspected the presence of some plastic chairs would imply they’d get thrown round which Wotan does in his anger earlier than he goes to an higher ground and is proven with an old school fireplace extinguisher. The Rubik\u2019s Cube reappears and will get performed with by each Wotan and Br\u00fcnnhilde. She may have a tantrum when ordered to let Siegmund die. At this level Fricka brings in a darkish navy go well with (as dry cleansing) for Br\u00fcnnhilde.<\/p>\nSieglinde is available in and appears about to provide start and slumps on some stairs. Maids are available for some tidying up as Sieglinde will get out her knitting, however it’s the needles she must threaten the infant in her womb earlier than Siegmund grabs them off her. For the Todesverk\u00fcndigung<\/em> (\u2018Annunciation of Death\u2019) Fricka and Wotan are protecting a detailed eye on Br\u00fcnnhilde however Wotan storms out as she disobeys him, leaving her exultant with a funeral wreath round her neck. Siegmund put the picture of his and Sieglinde\u2019s youthful selves on Br\u00fcnnhilde\u2019s bump earlier than he heads out to combat Hunding. At this level the weirdest factor we have now seen to date occurs. Lise Davidsen loses all dignity as Wotan pulls down Sieglinde\u2019s underwear and molests her. During the combat Hunding simply stands round and Wotan shoots Siegmund instantly after he has recognised his father. Grane goes off with Br\u00fcnnhilde and Sieglinde into the cave (or is it a mineshaft?) as at \u2018Geh\u2019 hin, Knecht!\u2019 Hunding simply walks away.<\/p>\nValentin Schwarz\u2019s Die Walk\u00fcre<\/em>: opening of Act III \u00a9 Enrico Nawrath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAct III opens within the former classroom from Rheingold <\/em>now with an enormous rear mirror. Maids are tidying up and serving tea. It has the looks of an all-white lounge at a surgical procedure specialising in beauty enhancement. The faces of the Valkyries are bandaged however they nonetheless have their bling and purses. Helmwige is in a wheelchair and Siegrune has had her breasts enlarged. Selfies are being taken and champagne is being served. Grane enters with Sieglinde who has blood down her legs and clearly has given start; although this isn’t what you hear being sung. Grane will maintain the infant Sieglinde initially appears to reject. The late-nineteenth century e book Walhall: Germanische G\u00f6tter und Heldensagen<\/em> by Felix and Therese Dahn is consulted by Schwertleite. Once she accepts her motherhood Sieglinde goes off with Grane. Wotan and Br\u00fcnnhilde confront one another sitting on a sofa and he rips off her medallion after which they step out onto a naked stage as he begins roaming round. Grane returns with a (horse?) blanket that Wotan and Br\u00fcnnhilde quickly get wrapped in and after he throws bandages at his errant daughter Grane protects her. Wotan kisses Br\u00fcnnhilde because the set recedes and together with Grane she retreats in the direction of a pyramid on the again.<\/p>\nA tearful Wotan is a damaged man as a steel display screen comes down behind him suggesting Schwarz is already working out of concepts. Fricka trundles on a drinks trolley hoping to have a good time her victory and brings Wotan a black fedora so he’s all set for Siegfried<\/em>. Fricka clinks two glasses as Loge is summoned (\u2018Loge! Loge! Hierher!\u2019) although there may be solely a single candlestick on the trolley. The sad Wotan drops his marriage ceremony band in Fricka\u2019s glass earlier than he wanders<\/em> (sorry!) off and she or he goes within the different route because the opera ends.<\/p>\nThe singing (as heard by means of loudspeakers) was at one other stage in comparison with Rheingold<\/em>. Tomasz Konieczny was a formidable Wotan, nearly \u2013 if not fairly \u2013 the equal of Michael Volle in Berlin. Konieczny\u2019s nuanced use of the textual content, splendidly conveyed his character\u2019s common sense of world-weariness and conflicted emotional nature attributable to his lust for energy. Georg Zeppenfeld\u2019s dark-hued bass made for a flawlessly threatening Hunding, and Lise Davidsen solely really unleashed her highly effective, searing soprano voice for an ecstatic concluding \u2018O hehrstes Wunder!\u2019 Elsewhere, Davidsen sounded as downtrodden as her character and restrained considerably by all of the indignities Schwarz has Sieglinde endure. I’m a long-time admirer of Klaus Florian Vogt, significantly as Lohengrin, however I wasn\u2019t satisfied by his wide-eyed Siegmund and the unvaried, bleached tone of his singing and I longed to a hear one thing extra heroic and ringing. Mezzo-soprano Christa Mayer was stern and assertive when haranguing and harassing Wotan and likewise sang Schwertleite within the positive octet of Valkyries. Ir\u00e9ne Theorin acted Br\u00fcnnhilde very nicely certainly, nonetheless, whereas some notes are nonetheless there for her, some aren\u2019t, and her soprano voice often lacked help and have become slightly screechy beneath stress.<\/p>\nFrom what I might hear the orchestra responded nicely to Cornelius Meister\u2019s persuasive route. His Die Walk\u00fcre<\/em> sounded rigorously balanced and had all the eagerness and power one in every of Wagner\u2019s most ecstatic scores required; even when what we heard didn’t at all times match what we noticed.<\/p>\nJim Pritchard<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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