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A full performance of the ring cycle, of which this piece is part, takes place over four nights at the opera, with a total playing time of about 15 hours
I agree with Mark Twain, I cannot imagine sitting through it
The story of
Die Walküre is based on the
Norse mythology told in the
Völsunga saga and the
Poetic Edda. In this version, the Volsung twins
Sieglinde and
Siegmund, separated in childhood, meet and fall in love. This union angers the gods, who demand that Siegmund must die. Sieglinde and the couple's unborn child are saved by the defiant actions of
Wotan's daughter, the title character,
Valkyrie Brünnhilde, who as a result faces the gods' retribution.