OPERA NIGHT

Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walkure. Photo Ken Howard, Metropolitan Opera Image Name: Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walkure. Photo Ken Howard, Metropolitan Opera Description: Eva-Maria Westbroek as Sieglinde in Wagner's "Die WalkŸre." Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Taken during the rehearsal on April 12, 2011 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s wilful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek play the incestuous twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. Bass-baritone Greer Grimsley sings Wotan. Philippe Jordan conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 30th March, 7pm-1am