Performances
Opera
Die Walküre (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Richard Wagner
From 3 to 11 March 2026
| 4 hours and 42 minutes circa intermissions included | |
First day, in three acts Words and music by Richard Wagner Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Teatro alla Scala Production
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| Conductor (3 March) | ALEXANDER SODDY |
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| Conductor (11 March) | SIMONE YOUNG |
| Staging | DAVID MCVICAR |
| Sets | DAVID MCVICAR & HANNAH POSTLETHWAITE |
| Costumes | EMMA KINGSBURY |
| Lights | DAVID FINN |
| Videos and projections | KATY TUCKER |
| Choreographies | GARETH MOLE |
| Master martial arts / circus performance | DAVID GREEVES |
Cast
| Siegmund | David Butt Philip |
| Hunding | Günther Groissböck |
| Wotan | Michael Volle (3 March); Derek Welton (11 March) |
| Sieglinde | Vida Miknevičiūtė |
| Brünnhilde | Camilla Nylund |
| Fricka | Okka von der Damerau |
| Gerhilde | Caroline Wenborne |
| Ortlinde | Olga Bezsmertna |
| Waltraute | Catherine Carby |
| Schwertleite | Freya Apffelstaedt |
| Helmvige | Kathleen O’Mara |
| Siegrune | Virginie Verrez |
| Grimgerde | Nadine Weissmann |
| Rossweisse | Eva Vogel |
Due to an indisposition, Michael Volle will not be able to perform in the performances of 10, 11 and 13 March 2026 respectively of Das Rheingold, Die Walküre and Siegfried.
The role of Wotan in Das Rheingold will be performed by Nicholas Brownlee, while the roles of Wotan and Wotan/Der Wanderer in Die Walküre and Siegfried will be performed by Derek Welton.
In brief
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
