Siegmund

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Siegmund is a tragic hero and mortal Wälsung warrior in Richard Wagner’s opera "Die Walküre," central to the epic family saga of the Ring cycle.

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Siegmund in Die Walküre 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wälsung
fictional character
mortal warrior
tragic hero
appearsIn Der Ring des Nibelungen NERFINISHED
Die Walküre NERFINISHED
appearsInAct Act I of Die Walküre NERFINISHED
Act II of Die Walküre NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme fate
heroic sacrifice
love
basedOn Sigmund from Norse and Germanic legend
childOf Wotan NERFINISHED
an unnamed mortal woman
conflictsWith the gods’ decrees
creator Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
diesIn Act II of Die Walküre NERFINISHED
disobeys Wotan’s will NERFINISHED
enemyOf Hunding NERFINISHED
fatherOf Siegfried NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceInWork 1870 premiere of Die Walküre
hasFamilyName Wälsung NERFINISHED
hasLover Sieglinde NERFINISHED
hasMotivation desire to protect the oppressed
love for Sieglinde
hasRelationshipTypeWithSieglinde incestuous love GENERATED
hasVocalRange tenor
killedBy Hunding NERFINISHED
Wotan’s spear NERFINISHED
languageOfWork German
nationalityInMythicWorld Volsung lineage
operaGenre music drama
partOf Wagner’s Ring cycle NERFINISHED
protectedBy Brünnhilde NERFINISHED
rescues Sieglinde NERFINISHED
roleInWork central figure in Die Walküre
heroic tenor role
settingOfStory mythic early Germanic world
swordGivenBy Wotan (as the Wanderer) NERFINISHED
swordPulledFrom ash tree in Hunding’s house
symbolizes human courage against divine fate
twinSiblingOf Sieglinde NERFINISHED
weaponType sword
wields Nothung NERFINISHED
workForm character in opera

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Jonas Kaufmann hasRole Siegmund
this entity surface form: Siegmund in Die Walküre