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“Die Walküre” by Richard Wagner ♡
The Valkyrie
Follow Wagner’s drama with the original German text and a clear English translation printed side-by-side.
See on Amazon – $14.99 →Premiere / date of written: 26 June 1870
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is the second of the four operas that form the cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. Die Walküre's best-known excerpt is the "Ride of the Valkyries".
Wagner took his tale from the Norse mythology told in the Volsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda.
It received its premiere at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870 at the insistence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. It premiered in Wagner's Bayreuth Festival as part of the complete cycle on 14 August 1876. The opera made its United States premiere at the Academy of Music in New York on 2 April 1877.
Libretti
German–English side-by-side translation
| # | Language | Authors |
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| 1 |
German
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Richard Wagner |
| 2 |
English
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| 3 | French | Alfred Ernst |
original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto
Images
Printed Editions
| Year | Edition | Publisher | Buy |
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| 2026 | Die Walküre: German–English Side-by-Side Opera Libretto | DM’s Opera Series |
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Audio recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
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| 1965
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James King (Siegmund), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Gottlob Frick (Hunding), Christa Ludwig (Fricka) |
Sir Georg Solti Wiener Philharmoniker |
CD: Decca Cat: 414 105-2 Stereo, Studio |
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