Die Walküre – The Royal Opera (12A)

Stage on Screen
Wednesday 14th May 2025

Die Walküre tells of a stormy night, when fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde.

Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the mythical adventure that began with Das Rheingold in 2023. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) is the second work of Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen; it follows Das Rheingold and precedes Siegfried and Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods). It has become the most performed opera of the cycle, loved and admired for its nuanced and intelligent exploration of complex family entanglements, expressed through music of astonishing power – perhaps nowhere more so than in the glorious music for the incestuous lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde.

Die Walküre is the most performed opera from Wagner’s Ring cycle, and is loved and admired for its thrilling music and poignant exploration of complex human relationships.

Running time: 320 minutes | Two Intervals | Sung in German with English Subtitles

RBO Die Walküre contains sequences of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

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  • Standard£18.50
  • Retired Over 65s£17.50
  • Benefits Entitlement£17.50
  • Under 26yrs£16.50
  • Companion for Access or CEA Card Holder£18.50

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