Die Walküre

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Die Walküre is the second opera in Richard Wagner’s monumental Ring cycle, renowned for its dramatic narrative, rich leitmotifs, and the iconic “Ride of the Valkyries” music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
associatedFestival Bayreuth Festival ⓘ
basedOn Germanic heroic legend ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
catalogueNumber WWV 86B ⓘ
linked to: WWV 86A
commissionedBy King Ludwig II of Bavaria ⓘ
composer Richard Wagner ⓘ
cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
duration approximately 4 hours ⓘ
featuresCharacter Brünnhilde ⓘ
Fricka ⓘ
Hunding ⓘ
Sieglinde ⓘ
Siegmund ⓘ
Wotan ⓘ
linked to: Odin
firstCompleteRingCyclePerformance Bayreuth Festspielhaus ⓘ
firstCompleteRingCyclePerformanceYear 1876 ⓘ
followedBy Siegfried ⓘ
follows Das Rheingold ⓘ
genre Romantic opera ⓘ
influenced 20th-century film music ⓘ
late-Romantic opera ⓘ
language German ⓘ
leitmotifUsage extensive ⓘ
librettist Richard Wagner ⓘ
notableExcerpt Ride of the Valkyries ⓘ
notableScene Act I love duet of Siegmund and Sieglinde ⓘ
Act II Ride of the Valkyries ⓘ
Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
orchestration large Romantic orchestra ⓘ
partOf Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
period 19th century ⓘ
positionInSeries second opera in the Ring cycle ⓘ
premiereCity Munich ⓘ
premiereCountry Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
premiereDate 1870-06-26 ⓘ
premiereLocation Nationaltheater München ⓘ
setting mythic world of the gods and heroes ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
style through-composed ⓘ
theme conflict between divine law and human emotion ⓘ
family and incest taboo ⓘ
fate ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
love ⓘ
vocalForces solo voices and chorus ⓘ

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Richard Wagner → notableWork → Die Walküre ⓘ
Richard Wagner → composerOf → Die Walküre ⓘ
Jessye Norman → notableRole → Sieglinde in Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre" ⓘ
linked to: Die Walküre
Der Ring des Nibelungen → part → Die Walküre ⓘ
Das Rheingold → followedBy → Die Walküre ⓘ
Götterdämmerung → precededBy → Die Walküre ⓘ
Brünnhilde → appearsIn → Die Walküre ⓘ
Nibelung hoard → reappearsIn → Die Walküre ⓘ
the renunciation of love → recursIn → Die Walküre ⓘ
Fricka → appearsIn → Die Walküre ⓘ
Ring cycle → hasPart → Die Walküre ⓘ
Ring cycle → secondPartPremiere → Die Walküre ⓘ
Ring cycle → dayOneTitle → Die Walküre ⓘ
Waltraute → appearsIn → Die Walküre ⓘ
Ride of the Valkyries → partOf → Die Walküre ⓘ
Hunding → appearsIn → Die Walküre ⓘ
Hunding → onStageAppearance → Act I of Die Walküre ⓘ
linked to: Die Walküre
Act II Ride of the Valkyries → partOf → Die Walküre ⓘ
Act II Ride of the Valkyries → sectionOf → Act II of Die Walküre ⓘ
linked to: Die Walküre
Siegmund → appearsIn → Die Walküre ⓘ
Sieglinde → appearsIn → Die Walküre ⓘ