Todesverkündigung

Wagner Operas Podcasts by Vincent Vargas

Sep 9, 201719:41Music

My favorite moment in the Ring of the Nibelung occurs in the second act of Die Walküre. Brünnhilde visits Siegmund to tell him that he will die in battle and that she will take him to Valhalla. This is the famous "Todesv...

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