Die Walküre (DVD): Harry Kupfer, Bertrand de Billy, Halfvarson, Berkeley-Steele, Polaski, Struckmann, Watson, Lioba Braun
Stage director: Harry Kupfer
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
Siegmund: Richard Berkeley-Steele
Hunding: Eric Halfvarson
Brünnhilde: Deborah Polaski
Wotan: Falk Struckmann
Sieglinde: Linda Watson
Fricka: Lioba Braun
Gerhilde: Sabine Brohm
Ortlinde: Anneger Stumphius
Waltraute: Marisa Altmann-Althausen
Schwertleite: Andrea Bönig
Helmwige: Heike Gierhardt
Siegrune: Mireia Pintó
Grimgerde: Corinne Romijn
Rossweisse: Francisca Beaumont
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 2005
Harry Kupfer's production of Der Ring des Nibelungen from Barcelona on Amazon
Reviews
The director Harry Kupfer places great emphasis on the psychological background to the Brünnhilde/Wotan scenes, intensifying the physical aspect by having them touch and hold one another and fling themselves to the floor at one point. He's lucky to have such great singers to play with.
Deborah Polaski is the finest Brünnhilde since Dame Anne Evans, matching vocal stamina with intelligent acting. In Kupfer's vision she's a real warrior-bodyguard, almost a mirror image of Wotan. The latter is sung with enormous energy by Falk Struckmann, though it's a pity that he's given such a comical costume and appearance by Reinhard Heinrich. The second act duet between the two singers is well-paced and the third act encounter high-octane.
Dominic McHugh on www.musicomh.com
Other DVD's in this Ring:
Das Rheingold
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung
The Ring on DVD
Chéreau/Boulez Ring -
Kupfer/Barenboim Ring -
The Copenhagen Ring -
Schenk/Levine Ring -
Stuttgart Ring -
Kupfer/de Billy Ring -
Amsterdam Ring
Interviews with: Anne Evans, Graham Clark, Iréne Theorin, Stephen Gould
Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival - The Ring on CD -