Previously on Soft Valkyrie. Wotan confessed the end of his backstory to Brunhilde, and passed on to her the bad news that she must not help Siegmund. Rather she must lead him to his death. Wotan left, leaving Brunhilde alone, whence she took her horse bridle and went off in search of Siegmund.
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the libretto. Soft ValkyriePresented and commissioned by Holland Festival in collaboration with Staatsoper Hannover and Dutch National Opera.
Full CreditsMusic and libretto - Richard Wagner
English translation - Frederick Jameson
Direction & MIDI arrangement - David Kanaga
VOICESSiegmund - Bryan the Mensah
Sieglinde - Hailey Clark
Hunding - Attila Csihar
Wotan - Mattijs van de Woerd
Fricka - Nadine Secunde
Brünnhilde - Claron McFadden
Valkyries - Mercedes Arcuri (Gerhilde, Helmwige), Clara Nadesdin (Ortlinde, Siegrune), Weronika Rabek (Waltraute, Grimgerde), Monika Walerowicz (Rossweisse, Schwertleite)
INSTRUMENTSMIDI Piano, Act 1 - Marc Evanstein
MIDI Piano, act 2 and 3 - Ernst Munneke
Additional Flute on Siegmund’s “Winterstürme” - Jonas Pologe
SFX packs - Ableton, SOPHIE, Spectrasonics
PRODUCTIONCasting - David Kanaga, Christian Carlstedt
Dramaturgy - Laura Roling, Manon Schreurs
Commissioned and co-produced by Holland Festival, Dutch National Opera, Staatsoper Hannover
With the support of NTR Radio 4
Special thanks to Sound department Staatstheater Hannover, Soho Square Studios London, Splendor Amsterdam, Jochem Valkenburg, Jasper Berben