William Walton, Overture 'Portsmouth Point'. Michael Berkeley, Benjamin Britten and Vaughan Williams He spares her life but consigns her to a magic fire. Wotan confronts Brünnhilde who defends her actions. After picking up the fragments of Notung, Brünnhilde rides off with Sieglinde.Īct III: Brünnhilde sends Sieglinde away to give birth to her son, fathered by Siegmund. Wotan causes Notung to shatter, leaving Siegmund defenceless. Fricka, goddess of marriage, insists on Hunding's right to vengeance. Siegmund extracts the sword and they flee.Īct II: Wotan sends Valkyrie Brünnhilde to protect the couple against Hunding. Sieglinde drugs her husband and takes Siegmund to the ash tree in which Wotan embedded the sword Notung. Hunding challenges the stranger to a fight. The Orchestra of The Royal Opera is conducted by Antonio Pappano.Īct I: Sieglinde (Hunding's wife) is disturbed by a stranger (Siegmund). In his Proms debut, Plácido Domingo joins Bryn Terfel, Lisa Gasteen and Waltraud Meier in a concert performance of Wagner's Die Walküre.
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