A debut in Die Walküre

The first day in the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen tells of the unhappy fate of Wotan’s children: the humans Siegmund and Sieglinde whose criminal passion is at odds with the society in which they live and the valkyrie Brünnhilde who dares to defy the ruler of the Gods. It is this opera that includes the famous Ride of the Valkyries – a symphonic scene the melody of which is familiar even to untutored audiences.
Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk will be performing the role of the goddess Fricka, Wotan’s wife and the guardian of wedlock. Kommersant newspaper has referred to Ekaterina Semenchuk as “majestically flawless,” seeing in her “the power of an exceptional singer and a great actress.” The New York Times has stated that thanks to the impetuosity and imposing range of her voice the singer is ideally suited to Valery Gergiev’s conducting style.