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Die Walk眉re (Final scene)

Composer: Richard Wagner
Performers: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Performer: Tamara Wilson (Soprano)
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
Date of broadcast: 23 July 2016

In this moving conclusion to the epic opera, Wotan is sending his daughter Brunnhilde into an endless sleep surrounded by a magic and impenetrable fire. It shows Wagner鈥檚 genius for developing musical leitmotivs 鈥� short musical themes which represent characters, objects or moods - and weaving them into the libretto. The third act ends in love and tenderness, played by a huge orchestra complete with 8 horns and 6 harps.

Composer: Richard Wagner
Performers: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Performer: Tamara Wilson (Soprano)
Performer: James Creswell (Bass)
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
Recording date: 23 July 2016
Date of broadcast: 23 July 2016

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