Die Walküre: Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona

About the Event

Richard Wagner's spectacular opera Die Walküre will be performed by a star‐studded cast this season at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona's famous Opera House.

The first part of Wagner's great mythological system is the building of Walhalla, the mansion of the gods. The second part – recounted in Die Walküre – is the evolution of human society, with its laws and taboos. The prologue to the opera shows the terrible consequences that inevitably arise in a place isolated from the world and set aside for the gods. Theft, murder and the devastation of land and culture are rampant. This opera, dominated by the horrors of war and tribal conflict and revenge, is a gloomy poem about apocalyptic prophecies and the betrayal of debased humanity, about the spread of moral corruption to an environment contaminated by the action of Man.

Conductor: Josep Pons
Stage director: Robert Carsen
Scenography and costumes: Patrick Kinmonth
Lighting: Manfred Voss
Production: Bühnen der Stadt Köln (Cologne)

Cast:
Iréne Theorin, Anja Kampe, Klaus Florian Vogt, Albert Dohmen, Mihoko Fujimura, Eric Halfvarson, Daniela Köhler, Maribel Ortega, Susana Cordón, Kai Rüütel, Pilar Vázquez, Ana Hasler, Anna Tobella and Kismara Pessatti.
(19, 22, 25, 28 and 31 May, and 3 June 2014)

Catherine Foster, Eva Maria Westbroeck, Franck van Aken, Greer Grimsley, Katarina Karnéus, Ante Jerkunica and others.
(23, 27 and 30 May 2014)

Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

In some areas of the Gran Teatre del Liceu it is possible to be seated with a partially obstructed view of the stage. The Gran Teatre del Liceu recommends Zone 2 for the finest and completely unobstructed view of the performance. The stage is not visable from seats starting in row 2 of Zone 8. A monitor is provided for following the performance in this section. Only available for operas.