DIE WALKÜRE (WAGNER) MET OPERA IN HD at The Ridgefield Playhouse

12:00 PMLIVE IN HD PRESENTATIONOperas supreme experience returns to the Met for the first time in six seasons with a cast of magnificent Wagnerians, led by the thrilling Christine Goerke making her Met role debut as Brnnhilde. Philippe Jordan conducts Robert Lepages breathtaking production, which faithfully presents every detail of Wagners immortal libretto.In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke plays Brnnhilde, Wotans willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in operas most famous act of filial defiance. Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek play the incestuous twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. Greer Grimsley and Michael Volle sing Wotan. Die Walkre is the second in Wagners four-part Ring Cycle. Based on Norse mythology as told in the legendary Icelandic Volsunga Saga and the Edda, Die Walkre deals with twins separated at birth who meet and fall in love, angering the gods.Estimated Run Time: 4 hrs, 55 minsUnderwritten by Jeanne Cook, Liz & Steven Goldstone, and Sabina & Walter Slavin.