TUNDI 2023 Wagner in Vermont Festival presents Die Walküre by Richard Wagner on Friday, August 18, at 4:00pm.
Wotan's favored daughter, Brünnhilde, has to deal with her father's controlling nature and malevolent actions. At great cost to herself, she asserts her values of love, freedom, and emancipation. This most serious work of the Ring Cycle starts in rough woodland homesteads, and ascends to epic, cosmological heights.
Act I is one of the greatest love scenes, ever.
Act II shows us family bonds stretched to breaking point, in reaction to this defiant, unacceptable love.
Act III finally reveals the sisterhood of the Valkyries at their grim work. It is hair-raising to experience 'The Ride of the Valkyries', the most thrilling of Wagner's set-pieces, in the Latchis Theatre, with its balcony, galleries and stage to sing from. Already this scene is a TUNDI signature. The drama that follows brings implacable, toxic rage; music of birth and transformation; and finally, sublime music of parting as Wotan summons Magic Fire for Brünnhilde: Lebwohl...
There will be intervals between acts for dining and refreshment. The first interval will begin at approximately 5.10pm, for 90 minutes. Act Two will begin at 6.40pm. The second interval will begin at around 8.15pm. Act Three will begin at 8.45pm.
Die Walküre Cast
For information about wheelchair accessibility, please call Jon Potter at 80-2254-1109, ext. 3.