Plot
This is the Ring cycle of the Dutch National Opera, directed by Pierre Audi. Fleeing for his life, Siegmund seeks shelter at Sieglinde's house. Her husband Hunding happens to be one of Siegmund's pursuers, and the two of them must cross swords the next day. As Siegmund laments his lack of a weapon, Sieglinde directs him to the sword Nothung stuck in an ash tree. Despite discovering they are twin siblings, the two fall in love. The King of Gods Wotan, their father, sends his Valkyrie daughter Brünnhilde to aid Siegmund. Fricka protests, and Wotan uses his spear to break Siegmund's sword during the battle. Siegmund is slain, but Brünnhilde rescues both the sword fragments and Sieglinde who is pregnant with Siegmund's child Siegfried. Wotan is angry that she intervened, but since Brünnhilde is his favorite child, he merely strips her of immortality and sends her into an enchanted sleep, surrounded by fire.
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Cast
Christopher Ventris
Siegmund
Günther Groissböck
Hunding
Thomas Johannes Mayer
Wotan
Catherine Naglestad
Sieglinde
Catherine Foster
Brünnhilde
Doris Soffel
Fricka
Marion Ammann
Gerhilde
Martina Prins
Ortlinde
Lien Haegman
Waltraute
Julia Faylenbogen
Schwertleite
Elaine McKrill
Helmwige
Wilke te Brummelstroete
Siegrune
Helena Rasker
Grimgerde
Cécile van de Sant
Rossweiße
Hartmut Haenchen
Self - Conductor
