Die Walküre – review

Royal Opera House, LondonThere's a powerfully symbolic moment at the close of the second act of the Royal Opera's Die Walküre, and it wasn't dreamed up by director Keith Warner. Bryn Terfel's Wotan runs through John Tomlinson's Hunding with his spear – and thus the new Wagnerian king at Covent Garden is seen, finally, to slay the old one.Five years ago, when Terfel pulled out of singing Wotan in the complete Ring here at short notice, Tomlinson took on what for years had been his signature ro...

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