Original performance date: 2019.
Conductor - Philippe Jordan; Siegmund - Stuart Skelton, Sieglinde - Eva-Maria Westbroek, Hunding - Gunther Groissbock, Wotan - Greer Grimsley, Brunnhilde - Christine Goerke, Fricka - Jamie Barton.
Speaking of not sitting through a PBS documentary on Itzhak Perlman, what started as "let's see what it is like" turned into a full 4-hour viewing of this broadcast. I did lose my focus, especially during some of the more "boring" monologues and dialogues.
We saw the Met 2019 Ring Cycle and the cast for the performance we saw was mostly the same as the one for this show. One notable exception was Michael Volle sang the role of Wotan in the performance we attended. Interesting, we saw Grimsley as Wotan in the very first Ring Cycle we attended, in 2009 in Seattle. I didn't write much about the performances then, but distinctly remember Grimsley as not having a strong voice. I had seen Grimsley a few times in the ensuing years, and have given him a mixed review. Either the recording engineers did a great job (no doubt they did), or Grimsley improved a lot during the decade.
The Walkure had to slide down these planks. One could see the relief in their eyes when they landed on the platform below.
Brunnhilde and Wotan.
It is quite clear to me that a stunt double was used in this fire scene.
Walkure at curtain call. In the center were Grimsley, Goerke, and Westbroek.
No comments:
Post a Comment