Die Walküre

Die Walküre The Valkyrie WWV 86B is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner with a German libretto by the composer It is the second of the four operas that form Wagners cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen The Ring of the Nibelung The story of the opera is based on the Norse mythology told in the Volsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda12 In Norse mythology a valkyrie is one in a group of female figures who decide which soldiers die in battle and which live Die Walküres bestknown excerpt is the Ride of the Valkyries DVD release June 2009