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This was, in turn, preceded by Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), dealing with Siegfried's origins, the whole tetralogy being fronted by a prologue, Das Rheingold. [4] Because Wagner prepared his texts in reverse chronological sequence, Die Walküre was the third of the dramas to be conceived and written, but appears second in the tetralogy. [5]
Arthur Rackham's illustration to The Ride of the Valkyries. The Ride of the Valkyries (German: Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren) is the popular name of the prelude to the first scene of the third and last act of Die Walküre, the second of the four epic music dramas that constitute the operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung), composed by Richard Wagner
Between 1958 and 1965 the Decca record company made the first complete recording to be released of Richard Wagner's operatic tetralogy, Der Ring des Nibelungen ("The Nibelung's Ring"), comprising Das Rheingold ("The Rhinegold"), Die Walküre ("The Valkyrie"), Siegfried and Götterdämmerung ("Twilight of the Gods").
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [2] A Farewell to Arms: 1932 Frank Borzage: Tristan und Isolde [4] The Scarlet Empress: 1934 Josef von Sternberg "Ride of the Valkyries" [2] R.A.F. 1935 John Betts "Ride of the Valkyries" [5] Triumph of the Will: 1935 Leni Riefenstahl: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, "Wach' auf" chorus, (act 3, scene 5) [6] The ...
Karajan: The Maestro and His Festival (German: Karajan – Der Meister und seine Spiele) [1] [2] is a documentary film about the creation and production of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre in 1967 by Herbert von Karajan, his favourite stage designer Günther Schneider-Siemssen and the 2017 recreation of his ground-breaking performance.
The Ring proper begins with Die Walküre and ends with Götterdämmerung, with Rheingold as a prelude. Wagner called Das Rheingold a Vorabend or "Preliminary Evening", and Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung were subtitled First Day, Second Day and Third Day, respectively, of the trilogy proper. The scale and scope of the story is epic.
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This is a partial discography of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. It was first performed at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870. Recordings Year ...