Wagner - Die Walküre: "The Ride of the Valkyries" (Boulez)

start of Act III, as the Valkyries gather the soldiers' bodies, and clip ends a bit after Brünnhilde's entrance.

Wagner used the Valkyries of the Norse Sagas, rather than the depiction of them in the Nibelungenlied. Women of death and warfare, as Chéreau understood well.

from Darraðarljóð (Njál's saga Chap. 156.):

Vindum, vindum
vef darraðar,
þars er vé vaða
vígra manna!
Látum eigi
líf hans farask;
eigu valkyrjur
vals of kosti.

Wind we, wind swiftly
Our warwinning woof.
sword-bearing rovers
To banners rush on,
Mind, maidens, we spare not
One life in the fray!
We corse-choosing sisters


Der Ring des Nibelungen, a famous production from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980.

Carmen Reppel as Gerhilde
Gabriele Schnaut as Waltraute
Gwendolyn Killebrew as Schwertleite
Karen Middleton as Ortlinde
Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde
Katie Clarke as Helmwige
Ilse Gramatzki as Grimgerde
Jeannine Altmeyer as Sieglinde
Elisabeth Glauser as Rossweisse
Marga Schiml as Siegrune

Conducted by Pierre Boulez

Directed by Patrice Chéreau, who had very little experience with opera, and his only exposure to Wagner on stage was a performance of Die Walküre at the Paris Opéra that he slept thru.

Scenic design by Richard Peduzzi, who had never designed a Wagner opera

Costumes by Jacques Schmidt, who had never dressed a Wagner opera

Der Walküren-Ritt
La Chevauchée des Walkyries

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[theadorkablejulie]

@idoybh2

Well, since Hitler (and thereby the dominant german nazi movement) wasn't born until 6 years after Wagner died (and 38 years after this music was written) I'm not really certain that you can make such rash assumptions. Hitler only used Wagner's music due to it's magnificence, and even though Wagner is viewed as rather great man, not even he can change the world of the living from his grave.

[575th]

KILL THE WABBIT, KILL THE WABBIT

[anikid0392]

Daniel Bryan: YES! YES! YES!

[CiviIBone]

1:35 dargonborn learning a new word by the word wall xD

[truvianni]

@hanuman6810 is it on youtube?

[truvianni]

@theadorkablejulie also Hitler was the only Nazi who liked Wagner. The rest were basically forced by Hitler himself to go to opera and listen.

[hanuman6810]

I hear Wagner music is illegal in Israel yet German products are everywhere...

Has anyone seen the Wagner TV series w/Richard Burton playing Wagner? Worth seeing.

[spenzur]

I love the big sound that comes out of nowhere at 1:55. So epic. Imagine singing like that lol.

[spenzur]

@theafi99000 Hahahha xD 

[theafi99000]

3:03 Trolololo

[the81stviewer]

@patrickangus16 The Connection between Wagner and Hitler is as significant as the connection between Me, and Beethoven. I love Beethoven more than any other composer. Does that mean that Beethoven has anything to do with my social or spiritual beliefs? NO! Herr LvB has no fucking clue who I am, and wouldn't care. Same with Wagner and Hitler. MAYBE they shared a few beliefs, but WAGNER HAS NO CLUE WHO HITLER WAS. They are not connected at all.