Die Walküre is the second part of Der Ring des Nibelungen and has remained the most popular of the tetralogy of operas. Prominent are the lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde who incur the anger of Fricka, goddess of marriage, and whose long duet in the superbly sustained Act I is one of the work’s glories. The spectacular Ride of the Valkyries, the spellbinding music of Wotan’s Farewell and the Magic Fire that closes the opera are other highlights of this critically acclaimed production from Sofia National Opera.

‘A resounding success! [...] Mariana Zvetkova’s powerful Brünnhilde, strong and stabbing in the dreaded vocals in the high D’s in the introduction […] Lyrical, passionate, soft and sung with a beautiful timbre is the intense Sieglinde of the soprano Tsvetana Bandalovska […] The male voices are excellent: the baritone Nikolay Petrov (Wotan), a solid performer who offers a humane singing, sometimes imperious, sometimes heartfelt; resonant and precise is the remarkable young bass Angel Hristov (Hunding); praiseworthy is Martin Iliev (Siegmund).’ – L’Opera

‘Brilliant is the entirely Bulgarian cast of artists who, thanks to the invited coach Richard Trimborn, sing with perfect German pronunciation.’ – Opernwelt

Cast:
- Siegmund: Martin Iliev
- Hunding: Angel Hristov
- Wotan: Nikolay Petrov
- Sieglinde: Tsvetana Bandalovska
- Fricka: Rumyana Petrova
- Helmwige: Milena Gyurova
- Brünnhilde: Mariana Tzvetkova
- Ortlinde: Irina Zhekova
- Gerhilde: Lyubov Metodieva
- Waltraute: Dimitrinka Raycheva
- Siegrune: Mariela Aleksandrova
- Rossweisse: Tsveta Sarambelieva
- Grimgerde: Margarita Damyanova
- Schwertleite: Blagovesta Mekki–Tsvetkova

*** Reduced scoring by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ***

Stage director:Plamen Kartaloff
Set and costume designer: Nikolay Panayotov
Light designers: Andrej Hajdinjak, Emil Dinkov
Video directors: Rumen Kovachev, Plamen Kartaloff

Video format / Aspect ratio: 16:9 1080/60 1 BD 50
Audio format: PCM STEREO 2.0 / DTS 5.1 HD Master Audio
Region code: 0 – All regions
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean
Notes: Italian, English
Duration: 243 min.