29th July

Concert will begin at 16:04 hours GMT

Wagner's 'Die Walküre' with Mikneviciute, Foster, Mayer, Spyres and Zeppenfeld from Bayreuth

Bayreuth Festival. Wagner's 'Die Walküre' is a music drama in three acts with a German libretto by the composer. The story of Die Walküre is based on the Norse mythology told in the Volsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda. In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one in a group of female figures who decide which soldiers die in battle and which live. Performers:

Siegmund: Michael Spyres.
Hunding: Georg Zeppenfeld.
Wotan: Tomasz Konieczny.
Sieglinde: Vida Mikneviciute.
Brünnhilde: Catherine Foster.
Fricka: Christa Mayer.

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Young.

Delayed broadcast.