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 86A
surface form: WWV 86B
commissionedBy Ludwig II of Bavaria
surface form: King Ludwig II of Bavaria
composer Richard Wagner
cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
duration approximately 4 hours
featuresCharacter Brünnhilde
Fricka
Hunding
Sieglinde
Siegmund
Odin
surface form: Wotan
firstCompleteRingCyclePerformance Festspielhaus Bayreuth
surface form: 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 National Theatre Munich
surface form: 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 Die Walküre
this entity surface form: Sieglinde in Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre"
Der Ring des Nibelungen part Die Walküre
Das Rheingold followedBy Die Walküre
Götterdämmerung precededBy Die Walküre