Name: The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre
Director: Gary Halvorson
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-03-30
Cast: Christine Goerke, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jamie Barton, Stuart Skelton, Greer Grimsley

Question 1

What is The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre about?

Accepted Answer

Soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. In this Live in HD transmission of Die Walküre, the second and most popular installment in the composer’s sweeping tetralogy, Goerke is joined by bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as Brünnhilde godly father, Wotan, and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as his unbending wife, Fricka. As the incestuous lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde, soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Stuart Skelton—alongside bass Günther Groissböck as Sieglinde’s bloodthirsty husband, Hunding—round out the principal cast. And on the podium, Maestro Philippe Jordan conducts Robert Lepage’s innovative staging, which uses state-of-the-art stage technology to tell Wagner’s mythic tale.

Question 2

Who appears in The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre?

Accepted Answer

Christine Goerke, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jamie Barton, Stuart Skelton, Greer Grimsley appear in The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre.

Question 3

What genre is The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre?

Accepted Answer

The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre is listed under Drama.

Question 4

How long is The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre?

Accepted Answer

The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre has a runtime of 233 minutes.

Question 5

What year was The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre released?

Accepted Answer

The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre was released in 2019.