Film
Royal Opera House Live: Die Walkure
- Certificate
- 12A
- Running Time
- 350 mins
How would Wagner fare in the age of offence-taking, Twitterstorm witch-hunting and no-platforming? Er, none too well, one imagines. One of the earliest ‘love the art, hate the creator’ artists, the notorious antisemite’s Ring Cycle remains his crowning achievement. This second of its four works is probably the most familiar to non-opera enthusiasts, containing as it does the stirring The Ride of the Valkyries.
https://youtu.be/nlfovXHIUj8
The Royal Opera House’s revival of Keith Warner‘s production is conducted by Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera. Don’t expect much change out of six hours.