The Valkyries
Performed at the Hollywood Bowl
July 17, 2022

Music and Libretto by Richard Wagner
Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel

The Valkyries, Yuval Sharon's staging of Die Walküre, Act III, draws upon the cultural and industrial associations of Hollywood, using filmmaking technology such as green screens to bring Die Walküre to life on the Bowl's Jumbotron system. This is the third time Sharon has used green screen technology for stage productions, following two cinematic adaptations: Andrew Norman's Trip to the Moon, inspired by the 1902 silent film of the same title, and Olga Neuwirth's adaptation of David Lynch's Lost Highway. In The Valkyries, Sharon draws on the proto-cinematic nature of Wagner's vision, in a production uniquely suited to the Hollywood Bowl.

Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel
Co-produced with Detroit Opera

Christine Goerke, Brünnhilde
Matthias Goerne, Wotan
Eva-Maria Westbroek, Sieglinde
Alexandria Shiner, Gerhilde
Laura Wilde, Ortlinde
Tamara Mumford, Waltraute
Ronnita Miller, Schwertleite
Jessica Faselt, Helmwige
Laura Krumm, Siegrune
Taylor Raven, Grimgerde
Deborah Nansteel, Rossweise

Los Angeles Philharmonic