(Die Walküre)

Content: Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner with a German libretto by the composer. It is the second of the four operas that form Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). The story of the opera is based on the Norse mythology told in the Volsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda.[1][2] In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one in a group of female figures who decide which soldiers die in battle and which live. Die Walküre's best-known excerpt is the "Ride of the Valkyries". DVD release June 2009.

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Genres:

Music

Runtime:

229 minutes

Year:

2006

Directors:

Kasper Holten

Production companies:

Decca

Actors:

Siegmund

Sieglinde

Wotan

Brünnhilde

Hunding

Crews:

Music Director

Original Music Composer

Writer

Director