Episode 5 – Wotan & Brunhilde (Act 2)

When we left off, Siegmund and Sieglinde had just embarked on
their incestuous adventure, leaving behind Sieglinde’s cuckolded
husband Hunding to wake up to the bad news at dawn. We've since
walked several miles from the forest of Hunding's hut, and are
now at the base of a mountain where the couple's father spends
his time–Wolf, as they called him, or Wotan, Odin–god of
contracts and bad weather. It is a new day, at high noon. Let's
see what happens next.

  Click here for the full-score and for the libretto.

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