Bayreuther Fest:Thielemann - Wagner: Die Walkure

Christian Thielemann,by common consent the leading Wagner conductor of our time (Die Presse), returns to Bayreuth for this radiant account of Die Walkure filmed at the 2010 Festival. Appearing on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time, it provides the only audio-visual document of Tankred Dorst's Ring production, and follows the hugely successful release of the whole cycle on CD. Two new singers join the cast: Johan Botha as Siegmund, who was showered with praise by the press (ideal vocal casting in the words of the critic on the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) and Edith Haller, with herbeautiful, strong soprano voice (Suddeutsche Zeitung) as his sister and lover Sieglinde.