Deborah Voigt’s Brünnhilde “Live in HD”: Sat, Nov 5

The Metropolitan Opera continues its popular Live in HD series tomorrow, Saturday, November 5 at 12 PM ET, with the transmission to movie theaters worldwide of the new Robert LePage production of Wagner’s Siegfried. This, the third opera in the Met’s presentation of Wagner’s complete Ring tetralogy, features Deborah Voigt in her role debut as Brünnhilde in Siegfried. 
 
Calling Voigt’s voice “exciting and expressive,” the New York Times made this observation in its review of Siegfried on opening night:
 
“In the last scene Siegfried finally learns fear, not from a monstrous dragon but from a woman: Brünnhilde, whom he wakes from the sleeping spell her father, Wotan, placed her under in “Die Walküre.” This scene is a shifting and rapturous 30-minute love duet, and as Brünnhilde, the soprano Deborah Voigt sang with bright, penetrating sound and textured shadings…And Ms. Voigt poignantly captured Brünnhilde’s confusion as she grapples with the loss of her godhood and realizes that no armor will protect her from the threat of Siegfried’s love, which she helplessly returns.”
 
Deborah Voigt began the journey of her first complete cycle of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen with her role debut as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre. She portrays the same character in Götterdämmerung (Jan 27 – Feb 11), the climactic conclusion to Wagner’s epic cycle. The four Ring operas return to the Met in April for three complete cycles (April 7 – May 12), with Voigt’s Brünnhilde taking center stage in a cast of today’s most acclaimed Wagnerians, including Bryn Terfel as Wotan.
 
 
Deborah Voigt:  upcoming performances
 
Nov 5*
New York, NY
Metropolitan Opera
Wagner: Siegfried (new production; role debut: Brünnhilde)
* performance transmitted Live in HD
 
Jan 27, 31 & Feb 7, 11*
New York, NY
Metropolitan Opera
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (new production; role debut: Brünnhilde)
* performance transmitted Live in HD
 
Feb 18, 19
Hamburg Symphony
“Immolation Scene” from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung
 
March 17
Washington, D.C.
Washington National Opera
Broadway concert
 
March 20
Fort Worth, TX
Bass Performance Hall
Recital (Van Cliburn Foundation’s “Cliburn Concerts”)
 
April 13 & May 7
New York, NY
Metropolitan Opera
Wagner: Die Walküre
 
April 21 & May 9
New York, NY
Metropolitan Opera
Wagner: Siegfried
 
May 12
New York, NY
Metropolitan Opera
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
 
May 22, 23
Montreal, Canada
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Diva Concerts (opera arias by Wagner, Beethoven, and Strauss)
 
June 7, 8, 9, 10
Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Orchestra
Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils and final scene from Strauss’s Salome
 
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