Die Walküre is the second opera of Wagner’s epic Der Ring des Nibelungen, commonly known as ‘The Ring Cycle’. It follows Das Rheingold, and precedes Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Die Walküre was first performed in 1870, and just six years later, in 1876, the complete Ring Cycle was first performed.
It is no surprise that there are some similarities between the Ring Cycle, and Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings, as they both found their origins in Norse mythology. The power of the magic ring, which is only one of its kind in all the world, is in its ability to infect people with a lust for
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