Opera: Siegfried, Part II, The Ring of Nibelung, Wagner

Dawn breaks on the rocky height where Brünnhilde rests. Reaching the summit, Siegfried discovers an armed, sleeping figure, which he assumes to be a man. When he removes the Valkyrie's shield, helmet and breastplate, however, he finds instead the first woman he has ever seen.At last sensing fear, he invokes the spirit of his mother, finally summoning the courage to kiss the maiden's lips.
Brünnhilde, roused from her long slumber, slowly realizes she is not dreaming, that Siegfried has come. She hails the sunlight and her return to life.

When Siegfried tries to embrace her, she starts in alarm, protesting that earthly passion would destroy her immortality.But she is mortal, no longer a Valkyrie, and womanly ardor soon replaces shame and fear.


Throwing herself into Siegfried's arms, she bids farewell to memories of Valhalla, abandoning herself to human love, exulting even in thoughts of death.

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drawings by Arthur Rackham, Franz Stassen, Polina Zinoviev

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Bilder von Franz Stassen

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Marvelleos drawings. Thank you.

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