Latest Holland festival Podcast Episodes
Episode 7 – Wolf’s Lore 1 (Act 2)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie. We learned that Fricka is none too happy about this incestuous cuckoldry. In her sovereignty as the god of marriage, she has elicited a commitment from Wotan not to help Siegmund during the coming battle. Instead, Hunding should prevail, and avenge the affair. …Now W...
Episode 9 – Brother & Sister, the Morning After (Act 2)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie. Wotan confessed the end of his backstory to Brunhilde, and passed on to her the bad news that she must not help Siegmund. Rather she must lead him to his death. Wotan left, leaving Brunhilde alone, whence she took her horse bridle and went off in search of Siegmund. ...
Episode 14 – Twilight Part 1 (Act 3)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie. After Wotan threw a fit on discovering that Brunnhilde’s eight sisters were hiding her from him, she finally willingly came forward to submit to his punishments. He explained his plan– to put her into a deep coma, and leave her to lie in wait. She will only awaken if...
Episode 15 – Twilight Part 2 (Act 3)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie, Brunnhilde explained herself further to Wotan, first asking for his mercy, but eventually proudly embracing her decision and fate, with no regrets. She has helped save the Walsung family, by sending Sieglinde and the broken sword off to the forest, where the mother-t...
Episode 16 - Farewell, Magic Fire (Act 3)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie. Brunnhilde, resigned to disappear into her coma, begged Wotan to at least surround her with a magic fire that will scare away everyday adventurers so that only the most fearless of heroes might manage to awaken her. Wotan is deeply moved by this proposal and accepts ...
Episode 5 – Wotan & Brunhilde (Act 2)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen we left off, Siegmund and Sieglinde had just embarked on their incestuous adventure, leaving behind Sieglinde’s cuckolded husband Hunding to wake up to the bad news at dawn. We've since walked several miles from the forest of Hunding's hut, and are now at the base of a mountain where the co...
Episode 6 – Fricka (Act 2)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie, Wotan had a brief meeting with his daughter, the Valkyrie Brunhilde. No sooner had he commanded her to aid Siegmund in the coming battle with Hunding, the great god’s wife arrived with a different plan. Click here for the full-score and for the libretto. Soft V...
Episode 8 – Wolf’s Lore 2 (Act 2)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie. Wotan began to describe his backstory to Brunhilde. We learn of Alberich’s theft of the Rhinegold, of the laborer Fafner’s departure with the gold in the form of a dragon, and of Wotan’s desire to kill him which is impeded by his contractual obligation. Click her...
Episode 10 – The Annunciation of Death (Act 2)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie. Sieglinde and Siegmund were shown in a terrible mood far from the erotic bliss of their innocent foray into brother-sister cuckoldry. They realize what they’ve done, and what fate awaits them when they are discovered by Hunding and his hounds. Both are utterly frazzl...
Episode 11 – Battle! (Act 2)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie. Siegmund met Brunhilde, who came bearing bad news at first. A noble death dialog ensued. But no sooner had Siegmund valiantly threatened to murder his new sister-bride so as to meet her in Valhalla when he died, Brunhile changed her mind, and joined Siegmund’s side, ...
Episode 12 – The Other Valkyries (Act 3)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWelcome back to Soft Valkyrie. We’ve just left the scene of battle, where Wotan was flying into a rage at Brunnhilde’s disobedience. Now, look off to the horizon. See that peak out there? T hat’s where Brunhilde’s sisters, the other Valkyries, like to gather and play with their dead heroes. Brun...
Episode 13 – Wotan’s Rage, etc. (Act 3)
Soft Valkyrie - June 16, 2022 14:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPreviously on Soft Valkyrie. Brunhilde arrived at the Valkyrie’s rock, where her sisters were gathering with corpses of heroes to bring to Valhalla, Wotan’s debt-plagued palace of death. She asked for someone to help with Sieglinde, who exited East with a sublime finale. But no sooner was this g...
Act 1 Episode 4 - Kisses in the Night
Soft Valkyrie - June 24, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEpisode 4: Kisses in the Night Siegmund, all alone and desperate, discovers the sword his father had left for him in the ash tree. With her husband Hunding fast asleep, Sieglinde re-enters the room. The two indulge in their incestuous desire. Note: to hear Soft Valkyrie with live English, Ger...
Episode 4 - Kisses in the Night (Act 1)
Soft Valkyrie - June 24, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEpisode 4: Kisses in the Night Siegmund, all alone and desperate, discovers the sword his father had left for him in the ash tree. With her husband Hunding fast asleep, Sieglinde re-enters the room. The two indulge in their incestuous desire. Note: to hear Soft Valkyrie with live English, Ger...
Act 1 Episode 3 - No Escape
Soft Valkyrie - June 17, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHunding jumps up and reveals that he knows that Siegmund is not just any guest. He is the man Hunding and his crew had been chasing. He offers him one night of repose under his roof, and announces to fight him the following morning. Note: to hear Soft Valkyrie with live English, German or Dutc...
Episode 3 - No Escape (Act 1)
Soft Valkyrie - June 17, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHunding jumps up and reveals that he knows that Siegmund is not just any guest. He is the man Hunding and his crew had been chasing. He offers him one night of repose under his roof, and announces to fight him the following morning. Note: to hear Soft Valkyrie with live English, German or Dutc...
Episode 2 - The Master of the House (Act 1)
Soft Valkyrie - June 10, 2021 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHunding arrives home. Unhappy to find a stranger there with his wife and brimming with suspicion, he embarks on an intense interrogation of his guest. Note: to hear Soft Valkyrie with live English, German or Dutch subtitles, please go to Youtube. Click here for the full-score and for the lib...
Act 1 Episode 2 - The Master of the House
Soft Valkyrie - June 10, 2021 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHunding arrives home. Unhappy to find a stranger there with his wife and brimming with suspicion, he embarks on an intense interrogation of his guest. Note: to hear Soft Valkyrie with live English, German or Dutch subtitles, please go to Youtube. The libretto can also be found here. Soft Val...
Act 1 Episode 1 - Familiar Strangers
Soft Valkyrie - June 02, 2021 21:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsNote: to hear Soft Valkyrie with live English, German or Dutch subtitles, please go to Youtube. The libretto can also be found here. Welcome to Soft Valkyrie, a podcast version of Die Walküre, the second and most intimate opera of Wagner’s Ring cycle. You are entering a realm of gods, dwarves,...
Episode 1 - Familiar Strangers (Act 1)
Soft Valkyrie - June 02, 2021 21:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsNote: to hear Soft Valkyrie with live English, German or Dutch subtitles, please go to Youtube. Click here for the full-score and for the libretto. Welcome to Soft Valkyrie, a podcast version of Die Walküre, the second and most intimate opera of Wagner’s Ring cycle. You are entering a realm...
Trailer
Soft Valkyrie - May 25, 2021 22:00 - 49 seconds ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTrailer for Soft Valkyrie, a contemporary podcast version of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre - commissioned by Holland Festival, Staatsoper Hannover and Dutch National Opera. First episode coming June 3rd!
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