Performances
Opera
Die Walküre (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Richard Wagner
From 5 to 23 February 2025
| 4 hours and 42 minutes circa intermissions included | |
First day, in three acts Libretto by Richard Wagner Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Teatro alla Scala New Production
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| Performance in Live Streaming |
In live streaming on LaScalaTv, 12 February 2025 from 17.45 CET
After the live, the show will be available on demand until 19 February 2025.
| Conductor (5, 9 and 12 Feb.) | SIMONE YOUNG |
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| Conductor (15, 20 and 23 Feb.) | ALEXANDER SODDY |
| Staging | DAVID MCVICAR |
| Sets | DAVID MCVICAR & HANNAH POSTLETHWAITE |
| Costumes | EMMA KINGSBURY |
| Lights | DAVID FINN |
| Videos and projections | KATY TUCKER |
| Choreography | GARETH MOLE |
| Master martial arts/circus performance | DAVID GREEVES |
Cast
| Siegmund | Klaus Florian Vogt |
| Hunding | Günther Groissböck |
| Wotan | Michael Volle |
| Sieglinde | Elza van den Heever |
| Fricka | Okka von der Damerau |
| Brünnhilde | Camilla Nylund |
| Gerhilde | Caroline Wenborne |
| Helmvige | Kathleen O’Mara |
| Ortlinde | Olga Bezsmertna |
| Waltraute | Stephanie Houtzeel |
| Rossweisse | Eva Vogel |
| Siegrune | Virginie Verrez |
| Grimgerde | Eglė Wyss |
| Schwertleite | Freya Apffelstaedt |
In brief
Led by stage director David McVicar, the Tetralogy returns to La Scala ten years after the memorable edition conducted by Daniel Barenboim and directed by Guy Cassiers. The theatre thus pays tribute to the Wagnerian tradition established by Arturo Toscanini and continued over the years by such luminaries as Victor de Sabata, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Clemens Krauss, Herbert von Karajan, André Cluytens, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Riccardo Muti. Following up on the prologue performed in autumn 2024, the first day of the Ring des Nibelungen presents what is unquestionably the most popular of Wagner’s works among Italian audiences: Die Walküre. The sword drawn from the trunk of the ash tree, the incestuous love between Siegmund and Sieglinde, the ride of the Valkyries, the disobedience of Brünnhilde, and the enchanted circle of fire are quintessential archetypes of imagination that transcend music and theatre.
4 hours and 42 minutes circa intermissions includedFIRST ACT 62’
Intermission
30’
SECOND ACT 90’
Intermission
30’
THIRD ACT 70’
End
LaScalaTV
The performance of 12 February 2025 will be live streamed on LaScalaTv. The shots may incidentally frame the audience (in whole or in part).
The performances of 5 and 9 February will be audio-visually recorded. The shots may incidentally frame the audience (in whole or in part). For more information on the processing of audience personal data, click here.
After the live, the show will be available on demand until 19 February 2025.
