WAGNER - Die Walküre - The Ride of the Valkyries - BOULEZ - CHEREAU - BAYREUTH

Der Ring des Nibelungen, a famous production from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980.

Carmen Reppel as Gerhilde
Gabriele Schnaut as Waltraute
Gwendolyn Killebrew as Schwertleite
Karen Middleton as Ortlinde
Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde
Katie Clarke as Helmwige
Ilse Gramatzki as Grimgerde
Jeannine Altmeyer as Sieglinde
Elisabeth Glauser as Rossweisse
Marga Schiml as Siegrune

Conducted by Pierre Boulez

Directed by Patrice Chéreau, who had very little experience with opera, and his only exposure to Wagner on stage was a performance of Die Walküre at the Paris Opéra that he slept thru.

Scenic design by Richard Peduzzi, who had never designed a Wagner opera

Costumes by Jacques Schmidt, who had never dressed a Wagner opera

Der Walküren-Ritt
La Chevauchée des Walkyries