[Met Performance] CID:212640
New production
Die Walküre {400} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/21/1967.

(Debuts: Gundula Janowitz, Karl Ridderbusch, Phyllis Brill, Rosalind Hupp, Barbro Ericson, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Herbert Von Karajan, Günther Schneider-Siemssen, George Wakhevitch
Review)


Metropolitan Opera House
November 21, 1967
Benefit sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild
for the production funds
New production


DIE WALKÜRE {400}
Wagner-Wagner

Brünnhilde..............Birgit Nilsson
Siegmund................Jon Vickers
Sieglinde...............Gundula Janowitz [Debut]
Wotan...................Thomas Stewart
Fricka..................Christa Ludwig
Hunding.................Karl Ridderbusch [Debut]
Gerhilde................Phyllis Brill [Debut]
Grimgerde...............Joann Grillo
Helmwige................Clarice Carson
Ortlinde................Carlotta Ordassy
Rossweisse..............Rosalind Hupp [Debut]
Schwertleite............Louise Pearl
Siegrune................Barbro Ericson [Debut]
Waltraute...............Gwendolyn Killebrew [Debut]

Conductor...............Herbert Von Karajan [Debut]

Director................Herbert Von Karajan [Debut]
Set designer............Günther Schneider-Siemssen [Debut]
Costume designer........George Wakhevitch [Debut]
Lighting designer.......Rudolph Kuntner

Production a gift of Eastern Airlines

Die Walküre received nine performances this season.

A review of this production and most of the performers is attached to the performance of 12/2/67.


Photographs of Jon Vickers as Siegmund, Gundula Janowitz as Sieglinde, and Thomas Stewart as Wotan in Die Walküre by Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1967-68
• Die Walküre: Conductor [Von Karajan, Herbert]
• Die Walküre: Brünnhilde [Nilsson, Birgit]
• Die Walküre: Siegmund [Vickers, Jon]
• Die Walküre: Sieglinde [Janowitz, Gundula]
• Die Walküre: Wotan [Stewart, Thomas]
• Die Walküre: Fricka [Ludwig, Christa]
• Die Walküre: Hunding [Ridderbusch, Karl]
• Die Walküre: Gerhilde [Brill, Phyllis]
• Die Walküre: Grimgerde [Grillo, Joann]
• Die Walküre: Helmwige [Carson, Clarice]
• Die Walküre: Ortlinde [Ordassy, Carlotta]
• Die Walküre: Rossweisse [Hupp, Rosalind]
• Die Walküre: Schwertleite [Pearl, Louise]
• Die Walküre: Siegrune [Ericson, Barbro]
• Die Walküre: Waltraute [Killebrew, Gwendolyn]
• Die Walküre: Director [Von Karajan, Herbert]
• Die Walküre [A]: Set & Projection Designer [Schneider-Siemssen, Günther]
• Die Walküre: Costume Designer [Wakhevitch, George]
• Die Walküre: Lighting Designer [Kuntner, Rudolph]
• Eastern Airlines: 1967-68: Production gift: Die Walküre
• 1967-68: Die Walküre: Production gift: Eastern Airlines
• Vickers, Jon: Photograph: Siegmund in Die Walküre (Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera)
• Janowitz, Gundula: Photograph: Sieglinde in Die Walküre (Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera)
• Stewart, Thomas: Photograph: Wotan in Die Walküre (Louis Mélançon/Metropolitan Opera)
• 1967-68: Die Walküre: 9 performances: New Production: Herbert Von Karajan//Günther Schneider-Siemssen/George Wakhevitch: Statistics
Met Careers
• Brill, Phyllis [Soprano]
• Carson, Clarice [Soprano]
• Ericson, Barbro [Mezzo Soprano]
• Grillo, Joann [Mezzo Soprano]
• Hupp, Rosalind [Mezzo Soprano]
• Janowitz, Gundula [Soprano]
• Killebrew, Gwendolyn [Mezzo Soprano]
• Kuntner, Rudolph [Lighting Designer]
• Ludwig, Christa [Mezzo Soprano]
• Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano]
• Ordassy, Carlotta [Soprano]
• Pearl, Louise [Mezzo Soprano]
• Ridderbusch, Karl [Bass]
• Schneider-Siemssen, Günther [Set & Projection Designer]
• Stewart, Thomas [Baritone]
• Vickers, Jon [Tenor]
• Von Karajan, Herbert [Conductor]
• Von Karajan, Herbert [Director]
• Wakhevitch, George [Costume Designer]