Brunnhilde the Suicide Bomber

Opera at war over Wagner

In a clear Vs-up to dyed in the wool stick in the traditionalists,

Clad in a modern jacket packed with explosives, the betrayed lover of Siegfried, played by Kathleen Broderick, obliterated the rest of the cast by detonating herself in the dramatic 'immolation scene' that ends the opera.

Bring it on! (I'm there in a couple of weeks...)