Act II Ride of the Valkyries

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Act II "Ride of the Valkyries" is the famous, dramatically charged musical episode from Richard Wagner’s opera Die Walküre, renowned for its powerful orchestration and iconic Valkyrie theme.

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instanceOf musical episode
opera excerpt
orchestral excerpt
associatedWith leitmotif technique
associatedWithTheme heroism
mythic battle
war
basedOnMythology Norse mythology
composer Richard Wagner
contains Valkyrie leitmotif
countryOfOrigin Germany
culturalImpact widely recognized in popular culture
cycleOriginalTitle Der Ring des Nibelungen
cycleTitleLanguage German
featuresCharacter Brünnhilde
Wotan
featuresCharacters Valkyries
genre Romantic opera music
language German
mood heroic
martial
movement Act II
notableFor dramatic intensity
iconic Valkyrie theme
powerful orchestration
operaBy Richard Wagner
operaNumberInCycle second opera of the Ring cycle
orchestration large Romantic orchestra
originalWorkTitle Die Walküre
partOf Die Walküre
partOfCycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
premiereWorkPremiereCity Munich
premiereWorkPremiereCountry Kingdom of Bavaria
premiereWorkPremiereDate 26 June 1870
premiereWorkPremierePlace National Theatre Munich
sectionOf Act II of Die Walküre
linked to: Die Walküre
style late Romantic
tempoCharacter energetic
timePeriod 19th century
typicalInstrumentation brass
percussion
strings
woodwinds
usedAs concert excerpt
standalone orchestral piece
vocalForces female chorus of Valkyries
mezzo-soprano voices
soprano voices
workTitleLanguage German

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Die Walküre notableScene Act II Ride of the Valkyries