A Wagner tuba
From Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act I (12'13)
played by the BBC Symphony conducted by Donald Runnicles
A Wagner tuba
Here, for easy reference, are some of the major leitmotifs in Die Walküre.
Storm Thunder Siegmund Sieglinde Hunding Valhalla Sword Frustration Love (what Kelly calls Love 1 at 0'00, Love 2 at 0'16)
From Die Walküre, Act I
with Robert Gambill (Siegmund), Angela Denoke (Sieglinde),
Attila Jun (Hunding), and the
Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra conducted by Lothar Zagrosek
Prelude (3'05)
The curtain opens to reveal a thunderstorm raging and Siegmund,
a wet and exhausted fugitive, unlatching the large front door of
Hunding's timbered house.
From Scene 1: Wess' Herd dies auch sei (4'57)
The sleeping Siegmund is awakened by Hunding's wife,
Sieglinde. She offers him a drink of water, and they instantly
fall in love.
From Scene 2: Mit Waffen wehrt sich der Mann (4'00)
As Sieglinde's husband, Hunding, prepares to go to bed,
Sieglinde decides to slip him a sleeping potion and elope with
Siegmund. ("Wölfling" is the false name that Siegmund has
given Hunding.)
From Scene 3: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (4'03)
Siegmund and Sieglinde sing of their love for one another.
From Scene 3: Siegmund heiss' ich (3'59)
Siegmund and Sieglinde discover that they are brother and
sister. He pulls the sword "Nothung" from the central tree
trunk supporting the hall (from which no one else could dislodge
it) and they rapturously embrace as the curtain falls.
Other clips from the Ring operas:
From Walküre: Siegmund sings of his father's disappearance
with the "Valhalla" leitmotif
sung by James King with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti
From Rheingold: The Rhinemaidens (river-dwelling mermaids) frolic in the water
with the "Natural innocence" leitmotif (which reappears in the
Magic Fire music)
sung by Oda Balsborg with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti
From Siegfried: The Woodbird tells Siegfried that he now possesses the Ring
with the "Natural innocence" leitmotif
sung by Joan Sutherland with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti
From Rheingold: A Rhinemaiden tells the dwarf Alberich he must
renounce love to succeed in stealing the gold
with the "Renunciation of love" leitmotif (which reappears in
"Siegmund heiss' ich")
sung by Oda Balsborg with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti