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Brunnhilde

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Noun1.Brunnhilde - a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide
Brunhild, Brynhild
mythology - myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
Norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity
Teuton - a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans


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Nonetheless, to make the connection explicit, he added a new closing aria for Brunnhilde to sing at her death:
Pride of the Valkyrie by Oakes, Edward T. / Commonweal
For visceral excitement, Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic and a cast that includes Birgit Nilsson as Brunnhilde hold a slight edge.
WAGNER WORK HAS NEW 'RING' TO IT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
But there is a third role - one from the contemporary repertoire - that has presented similar challenges and triumphs: Brunnhilde in Bejart's The Ring Around the Ring, set to the music of Wagner.
Yulia Makhalina: a twentieth-century Petersburg ballerina by Alovert, Nina / Dance Magazine
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