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October 28, Friday, 6:00 PM
Opera in 3 acts
(sung in German with Lithuanian surtitles)
Libretto by Richard Wagner,
translated into Lithuanian by Jonas Vilimas
Music Director and Conductor
Jacek Kaspszyk
Director Eimuntas Nekrošius
Set Designer Marius Nekrošius
Costume Designer Nadežda Gultiayeva
Lighting Designer Levas Kleinas
Premiere: 10 March 2007
“The Valkyrie” is a monumental music drama, second opera in the famous Wagner’s four opera cycle “The Nibelung’s Ring”. This cycle, the most ambitious creation in the history of opera, took 26 years to complete. Even today Wagner is provoking the ones interested in his works to choose - for or against. You can not like Wagner just a little bit: either you dive into the enchanting world of never-ending melodies, stormy brass, love, repentance and cosmic logic, or this world remains extraneous and almost opposing.
Wagner’s ability to possess the attention of the audience is one of his most unique features. His later music dramas last for four, five, six hours, but with the help of recurrent leitmotifs and so called Wagner’s never-ending melody, the effect of solid musical texture is created – the listener is submerged into this specific ritual, which could be compared to a dream or vision, where the means of time and space suddenly change.
Director Eimuntas Nekrosius already established his legend in Lithuanian and other countries' space of drama theatre, and of late years the audiences are getting interested in his opera productions. He is not the only one who comes to opera from drama, bringing together bright new undertones and images. "The Valkyrie" is the fourth opera directed by Eimuntas Nekrosius. |
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