The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre (2019): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 2019, The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre is a drama film directed by Robert Lepage, running about 233 minutes.

What it’s about. Soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. In this Live in HD transmission of Die Walküre, the second and most popular installment in the composer’s sweeping tetralogy, Goerke is joined by bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as Brünnhilde godly father, Wotan, and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as his unbending wife, Fricka. As the incestuous lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde, soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Stuart Skelton—alongside bass Günther Groissböck as Sieglinde’s bloodthirsty husband, Hunding—round out the principal cast. And on the podium, Maestro Philippe Jordan conducts Robert Lepage’s innovative staging, which uses state-of-the-art stage technology to tell Wagner’s mythic tale.

Who’s in it. The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre stars Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde, Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde, Jamie Barton as Fricka and Stuart Skelton as Siegmund, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre tend to enjoy Cadena perpetua, El padrino, La lista de Schindler and El padrino II.