The Valkyrie
Richard Wagner
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THE RHINEGOLD
THE RHINEGOLD
CHARACTERS GODS: WOTAN, DONNER, FROH, LOGE NIBELUNGS: ALBERICH, MIME GIANTS: FASOLT, FAFNER GODDESSES: FRICKA, FREIA, ERDA RHINE-MAIDENS: WOGLINDE, WELLGUNDE, FLOSSHILDE SCENES OF ACTION A greenish twilight, lighter above than below. The upper part is filled with undulating water, which streams respectively from right to left. Towards the bottom the waves resolve themselves into a mist which grows finer as it descends, so that a space, as high as a mans body from the ground, appears to be quite
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THE VALKYRIE
THE VALKYRIE
CHARACTERS WOTAN HUNDING FRICKA SIEGMUND SIEGLINDE BRÜNNHILDE, Valkyrie EIGHT OTHER VALKYRIES: Gerhilde, Ortlinde, Waltraute, Schwertleite, Helmwige, Siegrune, Grimgerde, Rossweisse SCENES OF ACTION ACT I. THE INTERIOR OF HUNDING'S DWELLING ACT II. A WILD ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACT III. ON THE TOP OF A ROCKY MOUNTAIN (BRÜNNHILDE'S ROCK) The interior of a dwelling-place built of wood, with the stem of a mighty ash-tree as its centre; to the right, in the foreground, is the hearth, and behind this the sto
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