Episode 14 – Twilight Part 1 (Act 3)

Previously on Soft Valkyrie. After Wotan threw a fit on
discovering that Brunnhilde’s eight sisters were hiding her from
him, she finally willingly came forward to submit to his
punishments. He explained his plan– to put her into a deep coma,
and leave her to lie in wait. She will only awaken if someone
braves the danger to find her. And then she will marry this
savior. The valkyries were appalled at this idea, and begged
their father to revoke his sentence, but Wotan denied them in
spite and fury, sending the group away, leaving himself alone
with Brunnhilde, exhausted in the twilight.

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Soft Valkyrie

Presented and commissioned by Holland Festival in collaboration
with Staatsoper Hannover and Dutch National Opera.

Full Credits

Music and libretto  - Richard Wagner

English translation  - Frederick Jameson

Direction & MIDI arrangement  - David Kanaga

VOICES

Siegmund  - Bryan the Mensah

Sieglinde  - Hailey Clark

Hunding  - Attila Csihar

Wotan  - Mattijs van de Woerd

Fricka  - Nadine Secunde

Brünnhilde -  Claron McFadden

Valkyries  - Mercedes Arcuri (Gerhilde, Helmwige), Clara
Nadesdin (Ortlinde, Siegrune), Weronika Rabek (Waltraute,
Grimgerde), Monika Walerowicz (Rossweisse, Schwertleite)

INSTRUMENTS

MIDI Piano, Act 1 - Marc Evanstein

MIDI Piano, act 2 and 3 - Ernst Munneke

Additional Flute on Siegmund’s “Winterstürme” - Jonas
Pologe

SFX packs - Ableton, SOPHIE, Spectrasonics

PRODUCTION

Casting - David Kanaga, Christian Carlstedt

Dramaturgy - Laura Roling, Manon Schreurs

Commissioned and co-produced by  Holland Festival, Dutch
National Opera, Staatsoper Hannover

With the support of  NTR Radio 4

Special thanks to  Sound department Staatstheater Hannover,
Soho Square Studios London, Splendor Amsterdam, Jochem
Valkenburg, Jasper Berben