The important scene in the play Hong Ding's wooden house. Photo by Fang Fei, a reporter from Beijing Evening News

　　In Wagner's opera Valkyrie, "Valkyrie's Riding" is the most well-known classic excerpt. On the stage of the National Grand Theater Opera House, the magnificent imagination in the music becomes concrete: the mountains rise, the goddess takes off, and the images turn into dense ghostly jungle, surrounding the space three-dimensionally. Today, the National Grand Theater's opera "Valkyrie" will premiere.

　　Continuing last year's "Gold of Rhine", "Valkyrie" is the second work in the Wagner quadruple series "The Ring of Nibelungen" launched by the National Grand Theater. This masterpiece is a collection of international creative teams led by the well-known conductor Pitari Inkinen and the famous opera director David Levimore. The curtain is opened, and the magical mythological world has set off a strong part.

　　"When conceiving and designing, we used many high-tech means, and all technologies serve the work itself. No technology exists in isolation from the plot and purely for "showing skills." said David Levimore. One of the stage designs of this version of Valkyrie, Italian stage designer Eleonora Peronetti, "spoiled" more highlights. For example, in the beginning, the projection on the multimedia screen will echo the Valkyrie and "Golden of Rhine"; the important scenes of Hongding's wooden house are covered with scorched trunks and twisted roots, but there is a unique world inside. Peronetti believes that when the glittering and vigorous flowers and plants are cut open, the audience will definitely feel the light. At the same time, the opening and closing of the tree house will also allude to the emotional direction of the male and female protagonists Zigmund and Ziglind; the most anticipated "Valkyrie's Riding" will combine multimedia projection, wired installation, pantomime actor performance and female singing, presenting a shocking audio-visual effect.

　　"With the design draft, we will first make manual models in Italy, and then send them to China through scanning and conduct on-site production to achieve long-distance design cooperation," said Peroneti. The crew of "Valkyrie" brings together artists from seven countries including China, Finland, Italy, the United States, and Germany. During the May Day holiday that is coming soon, this huge blockbuster will become a music event on the Beijing stage.

　　It is reported that the full performance of "Valkyrie" will last 5 hours, and the start time will be advanced to 17:00. The performance includes two intermission breaks, totaling about 70 minutes. The National Grand Theater will provide ticket-buying audience with free simple meals containing customized opera elements, and the theme cultural and creative and check-in experience areas will also be opened simultaneously. (Beijing Evening News reporter Gao Qian)

[Editor in charge: Tang Wei]