BBC Proms presents a concert perfromance of Wagner's 'Die Walküre', the second in the four-opera 'Ring Cycle'. The Valkyrie of the title, Brünnhilde, disobeys her father, Wotan.
Staatskapelle Berlin under Daniel Barenboim.
Bryn Terfel bass-baritone (Wotan)
Eric Halfvarson bass (Hunding)
Simon O'Neill tenor (Siegmund)
Anja Kampe soprano (Sieglinde)
Nina Stemme soprano (Brünnhilde)
Ekaterina Gubanova mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Sonja Mühleck soprano (Gerhilde)
Carola Höhn soprano (Ortlinde)
Ivonne Fuchs mezzo-soprano (Waltraute)
Anaïk Morel mezzo-soprano (Schwertleite)
Susan Foster soprano (Helmwige)
Leann Sandel-Pantaleo mezzo-soprano (Siegrune)
Anna Lapkovskaja mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde)
Simone Schröder mezzo-soprano (Rossweisse)
(Running time: five hours 5 mins. There are two intervals of 30 mins; sung in German.)
(Note: in the Royal College of Music at 3.15pm, a Proms Plus Intro event. Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Elaine Padmore for an introduction to Die Walküre. Free.)