Underrated isn't the right word....I love it so much.

This is my favourite 8 minutes of music.

Zumindest hat der die Wagner comunity erfreut, bevor er sich entschied aus dem Operngeschäft auszusteigen unf Rock, Schlager Musical zu singen, was er ursprünglich wollte, wie ich gelesen hatte! Und das war sein gutes Recht als freier Mann...

I agree! I love this scene. For me it is the most haunting moment of the whole Ring cycle, and a still very young and very wonderful Peter Hoffmann as well Gwyneth Jones interpret it in an understated and beautifully touching way. I love Siegmund's quiet defiance when he simply refuses to follow Brünnhilde into the blessed realms of Walhall because Sieglinde will not be there with him. Brünnhilde has probably never experienced that a fallen hero simply didn't obey her commands. Siegmund shows her what true love is! Today Siegmund would say "F.ck Walhall with it's heroes and so-called 'flower maidens', f.ck you, too, Wotan! I'm not coming without my lover who happens to be my sister!" And Brünnhilde who is Siegmund's sister, too, btw, cannot resist to help the ill fated couple. It's astonishing that this story of blatant incest wasn't a great scandal in Wagner's time. But Wagner presented it in such a beautiful and non-judgmental way that the audiences then and now simply have to root for Siegmund and Sieglinde. I am always very bummed when Wotan agrees to rigg Siegmund's duel with Hunding because of the domestic trouble with his prim wife Fricka!

I was in Bayreuth as a young woman, and saw this wonderful part of Walküre live. And I cried all my makeup off.

für mich ist Peter Hofmann der beste wagner-Tenor, den die welt je hören durfte,immer wieder ein Hochgenuss, ich selbst bin aus Bayreuth und habe quasi qua Geburt eine besondere Beziehung zu wagners werk und Hofmann ist die ultimative wagnerstimme mit seiner technischen Brillanz und seiner emotionalen Intensität,herzbrechend auf eine wundersame weise...

Noch nie habe ich hier etwas gepostet - aber nun kann ich nicht anders. Dank Peter Hofmanns Ausflügen in die Popwelt durfte ich mit 12 Jahren genau diese Inszenierung im TV sehen - völlig unbedarft. Und danach tief bewegt. Durch Ihr Posting ist mir gerade bewusst, welches Geschenk ich erhalten habe. Danke, dass Sie mir das bewusst gemacht haben. RIP Peter und danke für all die wunderbaren Momente!

@mizzothify mizzothifi there exist a studio recording from the whole Ring where Yeannine Altmayer sings the Brünnhilde! This is great!! Really beautiful!! (Sieglinde is sung by Jessie Norman there)

I remember this production, he had a beautiful clear ringing bell-tone baritone voice, subtly nuanced, never overdone or scratchy.

@@castaway123100 Peter Hofmann was not a baritone. He was a heldentenor. A heroic tenor who sings in Wagner operas.

@@castaway123100 , yes, Peter Hoffmann in his prime was on of the most handsome opera singers and he had a wonderful voice - but he was a tenor and not a baritone. He sang also Siegfried and most of all Lohengrin. It is very unfortunate that his prime was not a very long period. Some experts blamed his forays into rock music. But he had always been into rock music, and it's not known for sure why his operatic voice was so short lived.

+Mathilde Wesendonck And now Pierre Boulez.

Vickers?

@@gerardmignon700 Windgassen then King.

"Well what did you expect in an opera, a happy ending?"

ludovic Pasté Moi aussi !

windstorm1000 Bayreuth productions are simply trash nowadays! Their last decent Ring was the Barenboim back in the early 90's. Even the Chinese are now making better productions of Der Ring than Bayreuth.

What´s crazy about this production? I think it´s logical, very well done and telling the story as it is with a tad of interpretation

I don't find this production incongruous at all. I find it moving with its death presented like few others. Admittedly, it did pave the way for Eurotrash but that wasn't its intent. It' well thought out and deeply moving on a human level.

I think the best Ring was in the Met.@@leofcpm

@mizzothify mizzothifi Von 1976 als Loge in "Rheingold" bis 1989 als Siegmund in "Walküre" ist so schlecht nicht. Wieviele Tenöre können so eine Bayreuth- Karriere vorweisen? Zu seinen weiteren Rollen zählten Lohengrin, Tristan, Stolzing und Parsifal. Alles klar?!!

@mizzothify mizzothifi Stimmt, Loge war 75 in Dortmund. Nach dem 86er Tristan titelte die Welt: "P H war ein Glücksfall! Überzeugend bestritt er die Fieberfantasien des 3.Akts!" Der 87er Tristan war dagegen ein Desaster. Dazwischen war er auf Tour in den Arenen. Davon hat er, der zwar mit Material aber nicht mit Technik ausgestattet war, sich nie wieder richtig erholt. Man vergleiche seinen 89er Siegmund mit dem von 76.

Wasn't it because of his growing illness?

​@@user-uj7oo1mo7nYes. Illness was part of the problem. But his voice was already shattered. After his vocal decline he resorted to singing musical theater such as the "Phantom of the Opera". Yes. Death came way too soon. Sad. Rest in peace.

Ich musste mich auch zuerst an ihre Art des Stimmeinsatzes gewöhnen. Aber ihre Bühnenpräsenz und die stimmliche Wucht ist phänomenal. Habe sie 1989 als Turandot unter Albrecht an der Hamburgischen Staatsoper gehört... Umwerfend!!

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