Die Walküre
1990 · 237 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 104 VOTES · DIR. Brian Large, Otto Schenk
Overview
The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. Hildegard Behrens brings deep empathy to Brünnhilde, the favorite daughter of the god Wotan (James Morris) who nevertheless defies him. Morris’s portrayal of Wotan is deservedly legendary, as is Christa Ludwig, as Fricka. Jessye Norman and Gary Lakes are Sieglinde and Siegmund, and Kurt Moll is the threatening Hunding. James Levine and the Met orchestra provide astonishing color and drama. (Performed April 8, 1989)
Dialogue Timeline — 404 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:05:46 No matter whose hearth this may be
00:10:04 my eyes enjoy the blessed boon of sight.
00:12:41 Do not refuse from me
00:16:43 I will wait for Hunding.
00:20:52 I know not the way that I came.
00:23:20 must be my name.
00:24:56 Many years the youth lived with Wolfe in the wild woods.
00:26:29 in the forest
00:28:14 So I had to call myself Wehwalt:
00:30:16 In a flood of wild tears she surveyed the carnage, weeping.
00:32:59 I know a turbulent race
00:38:21 You heard what I said. Be on your guard!
00:42:07 A lightning gleam dazzles my eyes
00:44:15 the light extinguished.
00:45:59 He was marrying a wife whom robbers
00:48:22 who could draw it from the tree.
00:50:19 if I had found this sacred friend
00:52:12 Spring sparkles in gentle radiance.
00:54:15 The brother frees his sister and bride
00:56:16 was revealed to me, bright as day.
00:59:12 though I beheld you today, for the first time
01:01:35 that was how the old man gazed at me in greeting
01:03:29 So let me name you as I love you:
01:05:16 Woman, you see Siegmund the Wälsung!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed404
Dialogue density1.7 lines / min
First line00:05:46
Final line01:05:16
Production Record
DirectorBrian Large, Otto Schenk
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes104