
Michael Spyres © DR
Wagner Die Walküre
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Synopsis
Die Walküre
THE WALKYRIE, WAGNER'S MASTERPIECE
This opera is the first of the three days making up the Ring des Niebelungen (or Ring of the Nibelungen) cycle, and takes place after the prologue, The Rhine Gold. Richard Wagner's major work is inspired by Germanic mythology and the Nibelungenlied, a medieval German epic poem. It premiered in Munich in 1870. Throughout the Tetralogy, as in the Valkyrie, recurring musical themes characterise the characters and situations. These leitmotifs give the Nibelungen cycle its thematic and musical unity.
The Valkyries are warrior virgins, daughters of Wotan, father of the gods. The opera's plot also features two twin demigods, Siegmund and Sieglinde, bound together by an incestuous love. The work explores the complex interplay of feelings, guilt and punishment, in the purest Romantic tradition. The characters' destinies are set against the fabulous backdrop of Germanic mythology.