DIE WALKÜRE

Music Drama in Three Acts.

First evening of the trilogy, "Der Ring des Nibelungen."

First performed at the Royal Court Theatre in Munich, contrary to the author's wish, on Aug. 26, 1870.

Original Cast.

SiegmundVogl.
HundingBausewein.
WotanKindermann.
SieglindeFrau Vogl.
BrünnhildeFräulein Stehle.
FrickaFräulein Kaufmann.

First authorised performance in the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth, Aug. 14, 1876.

Original Bayreuth Cast.

SiegmundAlbert Niemann.
HundingJoseph Niering.
WotanFranz Betz.
SieglindeJosephine Scheffsky.
FrickaFriedericke Grün.
BrünnhildeAmalia Friedrich-Materna.
GerhildeMarie Haupt.
OrtlindeMarie Lehmann.
WaltrauteLuise Jäide.
SchwertleiteJohanna Jachmann-Wagner.
HelmwigeLilli Lehmann.
SiegruneAntoinie Amann.
GrimgerdeHedwig Reicher-Kindermann.
RossweisseMinna Lammert.

Vienna, New York, 1877; Rotterdam, Leipsic, Hamburg, Schwerin, 1878; Weimar, Mannheim, Cologne, Brunswick, 1879; Königsberg, Frankfort, 1882.

First performed in America at the Academy of Music, New York, April 2, 1877.

Cast.

SiegmundMr. Bischoff.
HundingMr. Blum.
WotanMr. Preusser.
SieglindeMlle. Canissa.
FrickaMme. Listner.
BrünnhildeMme. Pappenheim.

Conductor, Adolf Neuendorff.