Christian Thielemann, by common consent the leading Wagner conductor of our time (Die Presse), returns to Bayreuth for this radiant account of Die Walkre filmed at the 2010 Festival. Appearing on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time, it provides the only audio-visual document of Tankred Dorsts Ring production, and follows the hugely successful release of the whole cycle on CD. Two new singers join the cast: Johan Botha as Siegmund, who was showered with praise by the press (ideal vocal casting in the words of the critic on the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) and Edith Haller, with her beautiful, strong soprano voice (Sddeutsche Zeitung) as his sister and lover Sieglinde.