
Die Walküre (2006)
3h 49m | PG-13
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner with a German libretto by the composer. It is the second of the four operas that form Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). The story of the opera is based on the Norse mythology told in the Volsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda.[1][2] In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one in a group of female figures who decide which soldiers die in battle and which live. Die Walküre's best-known excerpt is the "Ride of the Valkyries". DVD release June 2009.
Director: Kasper Holten
Studio: Decca
Genre: Music
Video: 720p
Cast

Stig Fogh Andersen
as Siegmund

Gitta-Maria Sjöberg
as Sieglinde

James Johnson
as Wotan

Iréne Theorin
as Brünnhilde

Stephen Milling
as Hunding

Randi Stene
as Fricka