Die Walküre
Also known as
- Die Walkure
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) is the second of the four opera that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. It is the source of the famous piece Ride of the Valkyries.
Wagner took his tale from the Norse mythology told in the Völsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda.,
It received its premiere at Munich's National Theatre on 26 June 1870 at the insistence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. It was premiered in Wagner's Bayreuther Festspiele as part of the complete cycle...
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