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classical music, opera, theatre

Wagner: Die Walküre

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
  • Produced by Müpa Budapest
cancelled
  • BUDAPEST WAGNER DAYS
The performance has been cancelled.

We would like to inform the public that Müpa Budapest is currently closed to protect the health of both guests and artists, and is not allowing any visitors to the building.

We will refund the price of tickets: you can claim refunds for individual tickets by clicking here, and for tickets that are part of season tickets on this page.

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The second evening of the Ring of the Nibelung tetralogy is the most popular of the four works: Die Walküre captivates audiences with deservedly beloved opera hits like Siegmund's Spring Song from Act 1 and, from the third act, the Ride of the Valkyries, as well as Wotan's Farewell and the Magic Fire Music. The plot unfolds with extraordinary power, drawing the audience into the passions of the characters with inexorable force. One thing is certain - no one could possibly be indifferent to the fate of the doomed lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde.

One of the most exciting aspects of Müpa Budapest's performances of Wagnerian works is the relationship between permanence and change. The concept behind the productions is fully established and constant. However, over the past years, within the framework of this fixed idea, various details have been reimagined. Another permanent feature is the conducting method - one combining humanism with perfectionism - of music director Ádám Fischer. Nevertheless, it is precisely this characteristic exigency of his that helps him find new aspects to bring to the surface from the work's inexhaustible riches each year. Also offering a thrilling mixture of permanence and change, of course, are the shifts in emphasis that result from trying out new singers in various roles each year and retaining past veterans in others. Taking the stage as Siegmund and Sieglinde in this year's production will be, respectively, Danish heldentenor Magnus Vigilius and German soprano Simone Schneider (born in the city of Hagen, the latter was predestined to become a Wagnerian singer...). Catherine Foster will return with her bravura and endurance-testing portrayal of Brünnhilde. We will be getting a new Hunding, however, in the form of Albert Dohmen, who has sung Alberich in Bayreuth. The versatile Polish bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny has been familiar to the Budapest audience since portraying Amfortas in Parsifal at Müpa Budapest in 2006. As Wotan in Die Walküre, he is both old and new, having played the role here in 2007 and 2009.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Sections

  • Wagner: Die Walküre

Artistic director and conductor:

  • Ádám Fischer

Performers:

  • Siegmund
    Magnus Vigilius
  • Hunding
    Albert Dohmen
  • Wotan
    Tomasz Konieczny
  • Sieglinde
    Simone Schneider
  • Brünnhilde
    Catherine Foster
  • Fricka
    Atala Schöck

Featuring:

  • Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Hungarian Radio Choir (choirmaster: Zoltán Pad)
  • Budapest Studio Choir (choirmaster: Kálmán Strausz)

Creators:

  • Dramaturg
    Christian Martin Fuchs †, Dr Christian Baier
  • Costumes and puppet design
    Corinna Crome
  • Lighting
    Máté Vajda
  • Choreography
    Gábor Vida
  • Assistant choreographer
    Dóra Asztalos
  • Revival director
    Etelka Polgár

Parking information

We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.

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