31 Jul 2004
Le Villi
Le Villi is an opera-ballet in two acts composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, based on the short story Les Willis by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
Wagner: Die Walküre
The Ring. It's that simple...
It has been a long time since the events of Das Rheingold. Wotan has fathered nine Valkyries, warrior women who bring dead heroes to Valhalla (the castle of the Gods). Richard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy and blending of video technology, lighting and props (often formed of human beings): Their 30 computer projections and organic structures built of athletic performers that recall Cirque du Soleil are predestined for Wagner's visionary expressive world.
Top Billed Cast
Peter Seiffert Sigmund
Matti Salminen Hunding
Juha Uusitalo Wotan
Petra Maria Schnitzer Sieglinde
Jennifer Wilson Brünnhilde
Anna Larsson Fricka
Bernadette Flaitz Gerhilde
Helen Huse Ralston Ortlinde
Pilar Vazquez Waltraute
Christa Mayer Schwertleite
Eugenia Bethencourt Helmwige
Heike Grötzinger Siegrune
Manuela Bress Grimgerde
Hannah Esther Minutillo Roßweiße
Zubin Mehta Conductor
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