Wagner: Die Walkure

Siegmund: Endrik Wottrich Hunding: Kwangchul Youn Wotan: Albert Dohmen Sieglinde: Eva-Maria Westbroek Brünnhilde: Linda Watson Fricka: Michelle Breedt Gerhilde: Sonja Mühleck Ortlinde: Anna Gabler Waltraute: Martina Dike Schwertleite: Simone Schröder Helmwige: Edith Haller Siegrune: Wilke te Brummelstroete Grimgerde: Annette Küttenbaum Rossweiße: Manuela Bress Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra Conductor: Christian Thielemann Director: Tankred Dorst "" ... there is no doubt that this year"'s Ring at Bayreuth belongs to... Thielemann... [who] creates a musical experience epic in its scale and inexorable in its apocalyptic, shattering power."" (The Guardian) Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in 2008, this is the second part of Wagner"'s epic Ring Cycle. Christian Thielemann, one of the most sought-after conductors in the world, takes the baton with the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra. .