Die Walküre
Die Walküre premiered on 26 Juni 1870 at the Königlichen Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich. The premiere as part of a complete Ring cycle was on 14 August 1876 at the Festival House in Bayreuth.
John Tomlinson as Wotan punishes Anne Evans (Brünnhilde) in Die Walküre, act 3, in Harry Kupfer's production in Bayreuth.
Die Walküre (as part of the complete Ring des Nibelungen) was produced in the following cities the first years after the world premiere at the Bayreuth Festival on 14 August 1876
| 1878 | München |
| 1879 | Wien |
| 1880 | Hamburg |
| 1881 | Berlin (Angelo Neumann's travelling Wagner-Theatre with guest performances in Berliner Viktoria-Theater) |
| 1882–1883 | Angelo Neumann's travelling Wagner-Theatre on tour: London (Her Majesty's Theatre), Breslau, Königsberg, Danzig, Hannover, Bremen, Barmen, Dresden, Amsterdam, Brüssel, Aachen, Düsseldorf, Mainz, Darmstadt, Karlsruhe, Strassburg, Stuttgart, Basel, Venice, Bologna, Rome, Torino, Triest, Budapest, Graz – totaling 135 performances of the Ring! |