This November, Elza van den Heever brings her “rapturous and devastatingly sorrowful” (Financial Times) Sieglinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre to audiences in Paris. Van den Heever has won rave reviews for her interpretation of this iconic role, with Dreh Punkt Kultur saying, “Elza van den Heever sang the role of Sieglinde as if it had been composed for her and no other soprano. She sang it with sovereignty, with beguiling ease in the use of her voice, naturally and eloquently in the quasi-speaking or quiet passages, and with reserves of volume and expressiveness that she used in the emotional turmoil.”
Die Walküre marks a triumphant return to Opéra Bastille for the soprano, who has previously bowed there in Così fan tutte (2011), Elektra (2022), Salome (2022), and La Vestale (2024). Van den Heever appears in Calixto Bieito’s production alongside Stanislas de Barbeyrac as Siegmund, Iain Paterson as Wotan, Günther Groissböck as Hunding, Tamara Wilson as Brünnhilde, and Eve-Maud Hubeaux as Fricka. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts.
Die Walküre plays November 11, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, and 30, with a preview for audiences under 28 on November 8.