[Met Performance] CID:92470



Die Walküre
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, February 20, 1926 Matinee





Die Walküre (215)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Brünnhilde
Nanny Larsén-Todsen

Siegmund
Rudolf Laubenthal

Sieglinde
Florence Easton

Wotan
Friedrich Schorr

Fricka
Karin Branzell

Hunding
William Gustafson

Gerhilde
Phradie Wells

Grimgerde
Marion Telva

Helmwige
Marcella Röseler

Ortlinde
Laura Robertson

Rossweisse
Ina Bourskaya

Schwertleite
Kathleen Howard

Siegrune
Raymonde Delaunois

Waltraute
Henriette Wakefield


Conductor
Artur Bodanzky







Review 1:

Review signed D. B. in Musical America

A Matinee 'Walküre'

A repetition of "Die Walküre," on Saturday afternoon resulted in as satisfying a performance as could probably be heard in any opera house in the world. From the first notes of the storm prelude to the final phrases of the fire music, Artur Bodansky, conducting, led his well-drilled forces with a master hand; and the principals responded in a whole-hearted spirit that still - so generous is Mr. Bodansky - did not involve any sacrifice of individuality.

Rudolf Laubenthal made his first appearance this season, as Siegmund, singing with a freedom and a resonant tone that were, in themselves, effective, and acting with imagination and authority. Nanny Larsen-Todsen repeated her brilliant work as Brünnhilde, and Florence Easton was once more an appealing Sieglinde. Outstanding, too, was the Fricka of Karin Branzell, whose singing could not easily have been bettered. Friedrich Schorr, as Wotan, contributed to the general success; and William Gustafson was a towering Hunding.

Those who assumed the parts of Brünnhilde's sisters were Marcella Roeseler, Phradie Wells, Laura Robertson, Ina Bourskaya, Marion Telva, Henriette Wakefield, Raymonde Delaunois and Kathleen Howard.



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