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| Greer Grimsley and Christine Goerke in Wagner’s “Die Walküre” at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Richard Termine |
I am going because I can.
A privilege and especially because I know so little of my Norse gods, of their heroes, their heavens, their interactions with mortals -- al of this on stage with me knowing so little about what is going on.
Still, I am going because I can.
Here is a review from OperaWire.
There is a review in the New York Times. (March 26, 2019. I can't see it because I have gone there more than 10 times this month without subscribing. I get there and click before I even know it, so I am sure 5 of those shouldn't count. Anyway, do go there and take a look at that review.
Here is another review from the Emily's New York Life.
That is about as much homework as I will be able to do before the show. I did see a very old review that said this opera can be summarized in three sentences. So here they are:
1. Siegund and Sieglinde fall in love and elope
2. Fricka coerces Wotan into killing Siegmund
3 Wotan punishes Brunhilde for tryig to save him
I may try to refresh my memory with more. And in fact, I did go out and read some of the lyrics last night.
In the worst case scenario, I can just go cold and enjoy Wagnerian sounds.
Arta
Hello Arta - this is Emily. Thanks for linking to my review of Die Walkure. Just a quick comment: Die Walkure/Wagner's Ring is actually about the Norse Gods, not the Greek ones.
ReplyDeletePS I really hope you enjoy the performance!
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