Airs Saturday, July 4, 2020, at 12 noon. The WFMT Radio Network Opera Series returns with productions from all over the world, following the end of the Metropolitan Opera season. This week we present Wagner's Die Walküre performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago.
CAST:
Siegmund: Brandon Jovanovich
Sieglinde: Elisabet Strid
Hunding: Ain Anger
Wotan: Eric Owens
Brünnhilde: Christine Goerke
Fricka: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Gerhilde: Whitney Morrison
Helmwige: Alexandra LoBianco
Waltraute: Catherine Martin
Schwertleite: Lauren Decker
Ortlinde: Laura Wilde
Siegrune: Deborah Nansteel
Grimgerde: Zanda Švēde
Rossweisse: Lindsay Ammann
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
DIRECTOR: David Pountney