Act II Ride of the Valkyries

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Act II "Ride of the Valkyries" is the famous, dramatically charged musical episode from Richard Wagner’s opera Die Walküre, renowned for its powerful orchestration and iconic Valkyrie theme.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical episode ⓘ
opera excerpt ⓘ
orchestral excerpt ⓘ
associatedWith leitmotif technique ⓘ
associatedWithTheme heroism ⓘ
mythic battle ⓘ
war ⓘ
basedOnMythology Norse mythology ⓘ
composer Richard Wagner ⓘ
contains Valkyrie leitmotif ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
culturalImpact widely recognized in popular culture ⓘ
cycleOriginalTitle Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
cycleTitleLanguage German ⓘ
featuresCharacter Brünnhilde ⓘ
Wotan ⓘ
featuresCharacters Valkyries ⓘ
genre Romantic opera music ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mood heroic ⓘ
martial ⓘ
movement Act II ⓘ
notableFor dramatic intensity ⓘ
iconic Valkyrie theme ⓘ
powerful orchestration ⓘ
operaBy Richard Wagner ⓘ
operaNumberInCycle second opera of the Ring cycle ⓘ
orchestration large Romantic orchestra ⓘ
originalWorkTitle Die Walküre ⓘ
partOf Die Walküre ⓘ
partOfCycle Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
premiereWorkPremiereCity Munich ⓘ
premiereWorkPremiereCountry Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
premiereWorkPremiereDate 26 June 1870 ⓘ
premiereWorkPremierePlace National Theatre Munich ⓘ
sectionOf Act II of Die Walküre ⓘ
linked to: Die Walküre
style late Romantic ⓘ
tempoCharacter energetic ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation brass ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
usedAs concert excerpt ⓘ
standalone orchestral piece ⓘ
vocalForces female chorus of Valkyries ⓘ
mezzo-soprano voices ⓘ
soprano voices ⓘ
workTitleLanguage German ⓘ

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Die Walküre → notableScene → Act II Ride of the Valkyries ⓘ