Wagner - Die Walküre, Act One, scene 2: Hunding (Salminen)

from Hundig's "Ich Weiss ein wildes Geschlecht" to end of scene. Matti Salminen as Hunding

Der Ring des Nibelungen, a famous production from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980.

Salminen can have a fine menacing presence, which is utilized well in this production!

Jeannine Altmeyer as Sieglinde,
Peter Hofmann as Siegmund,
Conducted by Pierre Boulez,
directed by Patrice Chéreau.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Walküre
• Nibelungen
• Wagner
• Salminen
• bass
• basso
• Chéreau
• Boulez
• MattiSalminen
• Bayreuth
• opera

[perskram]

Matti Salminen is one of the best Hundings!

[torhjelm]

Salminen rocks. I like it how he totally dominates the situation and acts like he owns the whole Europe simply by looking like a big bear. He´s born for king and leader roles. :)

[Sieglinde84]

The reason I respect Hunding: he holds guest right sacred, unlike CERTAIN people who invited their liege lord and king to a wedding... *cough Freys cough*

And of course, Matti rocks. His voice is incredible.

[TommyHaegin]

They (welll most, anyways) absolutely hated this Ring back at the time, but time has proven it to be a really great production. It is a pleasure to see it today.

[Trudetenor]

eine Stimme wie eine Tuba!

[katharinehoad123]

Matti Salminen is superb seen him more than once....... and I adore Altmeyer..  and yes very believable......

[windstorm1000]

Hmmm , hagen looks like a businessman--Set is a victorian house: guess who had their avant garde fingers on this one. One guess the infamous: patrice chereau!!

[glenfagelfors]

Frankly, I belive Fritz Hübner is the better bass of this production, and I'm afraid that you've underestimated the power of his Fafner/Hagen.

[sismischen]

Diese Mimik! Einfach sensationell!!!

[Sieglinde84]

I adore this production. Wonderfully directed and very well cast (apart from Hagen... why couldn't they make Matti sing it too?)

What I like in Matti's Hunding is that he's not just a brute, he has dignity and a commanding presence (plus the beautiful voice).

[VolkgartenBySquirrel]

Hundig was as much manipulated and interfered with as Siegmund, and Sieglinde was little more than a hostage kept safe in case "Wolf" showed up again. He comes home from a roundup of vassals to find his wife and charity guest stitchin' the beast. Puts two and two together and figures that if Wolf pawns have got him cornered someone is going to get chewed. Puts on the most offended face and goes to his hororable bear baiting. Crunch. See how Wagner puts all of his kings in the dog house?

[Maddy4Me]

Fan-feckin'-tastic production! Possibly the best Die Walküre ever, great singing from all. I adore it. And anyone that spoils these vids with pro-Hitler or anti-Semitic comments can piss the hell off. Hitler liked Wagner? He also liked long walks and not doing paperwork (sounds like most people to me), but no one hurries to point that out. Keep Hitler and Wagner irreversibly separate, don't soil this great work!