Review: ‘Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)’ at San Francisco Opera (****1/2)
by Charles Kruger The second opera of the Ring Cycle, “Die Walkürie” opens far from Valhalla, the home of the gods, outside the cabin of the huntsman Hunding (Raymond Aceto) and his unwilling bride, Sieglinde (Karita Mattila). The action begins while Hunding is away, and a stranger, Siegmund (Brandon Jovanovich) flees from the forest into […]