50 YEARS SALZBURG EASTER FESTIVAL RE-CREATION OF HERBERT VON KARAJAN’S ORIGINAL PRODUCTION RICHARD WAGNER DIE WALKÜRE Seiffert • Zeppenfeld • Kowaljow • Harteros • Kampe • Mayer Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Christian Thielemann Staged by Vera Nemirova RICHARD WAGNER DIE WALKÜRE Conductor Christian Thielemann Orchestra Staatskapelle Dresden Stage Director Vera Nemirova Siegmund Peter Seiffert Hunding Georg Zeppenfeld Wotan Vitalij Kowaljow Sieglinde Anja Harteros Brünnhilde Anja Kampe On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Salzburg Easter Festival presents Fricka Christa Mayer a very particular staging of Richard Wagner’s opera Die Walküre under the Gerhilde Johanna Winkel baton of Artistic Director Christian Thielemann: a “Re-creation” of Herbert Ortlinde Brit-Tone Müllertz von Karajan’s musico-theatrical vision of the 19th century masterwork, with Waltraute Christina Bock which the legendary Maestro opened the very first Easter Festival in 1967. Schwertleite Katharina Magiera The top-ranking ensemble of Wagner singers includes Anja Harteros, Peter Helmwige Alexandra Petersamer Seiffert, Christa Mayer, Vitalij Kowaljow and Anja Kampe. They perform in the faithfully reconstructed scenery of the original production. Siegrune Stepanka Pucalkova Grimgerde Katrin Wundsam Christian Thielemann, who has been assistant of Karajan in his beginnings, Roßweiße Simone Schröder counts among the world’s foremost Wagner conductors. His brilliant anniversary performance with the Staatskapelle Dresden – which has an equally outstanding relationship to Richard Wagner as their former Produced by Metisfilm ‘Kapellmeister’ – and with the experienced singers on stage appears as “a Video Director Tiziano Mancini declaration of love to Wagner, Karajan, Salzburg, and to the international audiences” (Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten). Directed by Vera Nemirova, the new staging of the Walküre with its majestic, timeless sets, created by visionary Günther Schneider-Siemssen, brings a part of theatrical history back to life but equally raises the question of how it may be reinterpreted for our time. This second opera of Wagner’s tetralogy Length: 235' Der Ring des Nibelungen deals with central topics of human existence and still Cat. no. A 040 50067 has to tell us a lot about family, brotherhood, moral and honour – and about the difficult decision one has to make between money, power and love. The critics are full of praise for this “musically ravishing Walküre” (Frankfurter A production of UNITEL Allgmeine) and its “excellent ensemble of soloists”. As Sieglinde, Anja in co-production with ORF/3Sat and NHK Harteros is “enchanting and elegant”, Peter Seiffert “amazingly presents a in cooperation with Salzburg Easter Festival steady and expressive Siegmund”, Christa Mayer “shows off as irresistible, throroughbred Fricka” and Anja Kampe is celebrated as “outstanding Brünnhilde” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © OFS/Forster · Flyer: luebbeke.com Flyer: · contractual OFS/Forster Different Photos: © territories credits · not rights · All reserved · Tel. +49.30.30306464 [email protected] Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitel.de.