Words and music by Wagner Act l sung in German on gramophone records
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by BRUNO WALTER
Siegmund. wounded in combat, seeks shelter in the warrior Hunding's hut, but when Hunding finds out that Siegmund has slain his kinsmen he tells him that they must meet in battle in the morning. Later, Hunding's wife Sieglinde shows the unarmed Siegmund a sword embedded in an ash tree; Siegmund draws it out easily and he and Sieglinde discover they are both children of the god Wotan. They declare their love and escape into the night.