Die Walküre by Opera Australia

Hunding’s hall is reimagined as a hut in the Australian bush. Jud Arthur as Hunding, Miriam Gordon-Stewart as Sieglinde and Stuart Skelton as Siegmund.

Stuart Skelton as Siegmund.

Rather than being on the mountainside, the second act is set in the atrium of Valhalla. Susan Bullock as Brünnhilde and Terje Stensvold as Wotan.

Terje Stensvold as Wotan and Susan Bullock as Brünnhilde.

Terje Stensvold as Wotan and Susan Bullock as Brünnhilde.

Terje Stensvold as Wotan and Jacqueline Dark as Fricka.

Susan Bullock as Brünnhilde, Stuart Skelton as Siegmund and Miriam Gordon-Stewart as Sieglinde.

The ride of the Valkyries is reimagined as an industrial process: the bodies of the fallen heroes are pulled up into the mothership of Valhalla. Photo credit Jeff Busby High resolution

The culmination of Wotan’s farewell – the father leaves his daughter safe within the magic fire. Susan Bullock as Brünnhilde & Terje Stensvold as Wotan.