Die Walküre 18 years old
Copenhagen Ring Cycle 2006. Der Ring des Nibelungen: Erster Tag - Die Walküre.
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner with a German libretto by the composer. It is the second of the four operas that form Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). The story of the opera is based on the Norse mythology told in the Volsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda.[1][2] In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one in a group of female figures who decide which soldiers die in battle and which live. Die Walküre's best-known excerpt is the "Ride of the Valkyries". DVD release June 2009.
Credits
Die Walküre Cast
Name | Character |
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Iréne Theorin She was 42, now 61 years old | as Brünnhilde |
Die Walküre Crew
Name | Department |
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Richard Wagner as Original Music Composer. He was 193 (69) years old when He died | Sound |
Richard Wagner as Writer. He was 193 (69) years old when He died | Writing |
Kasper Holten as Director. He was 32 (now 51) years old | Directing |