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Die Walkiire

BBC Radio 3
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Music-drama in three acts by Wagner (sung in German) direct from the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden
Wotan hopes to found a race of heroes through the union of his own offspring Siegmund and Sieglinde. Forced to withdraw his protection from Siegmund, he punishes the Valkyrie Brunnhilde for disobeying him and puts her to sleep on a rock surrounded by fire. But Sieglinde will bear a son .
ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE leader CHARLES TAYLOR conducted by COLIN DAVIS Producer GÖTZ FRIEDRICH Act 1
6.35* Thomas Mann on Wagner DAVID MARCH reads Richard Wagner and The Ring, the lecture Thomas Mann gave in Zurich in 1937 Translated by H. T. LOWE-PORTER
7.5* Die Walkiire, Act 2

Contributors

Leader:
Charles Taylor
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Unknown:
Thomas Mann
Unknown:
Wagner David
Unknown:
Richard Wagner
Unknown:
Thomas Mann
Translated By:
H. T. Lowe-Porter
Source: Radio Times

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