Photographs of the new Bayreuth 2013 "Ring des Nibelungen" - DIE WALKÜRE |
Director: Frank Castorf, Scenic Design: Aleksandar Denić, Costumes: Adriana Braga Peretzki |
Siegmund and Sieglinde face the stern Hunding, a domestic drama taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan |
Hunding's dwelling is an oil rig on the Caucasus region at the turn-the-century |
Siegmund has found his father's sword, and Spring has arrived |
Wotan and his daughter Brünnhilde, the Valkyrie |
Wotan and his wife Fricka discuss the fate of the incestuous siblings Siegmund and Sieglinde |
Wotan turns his daughter into a mortal, and puts her to sleep surrounded by a Magic Fire |