15 Jul
2025
15 Jul
'25
11:42 a.m.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 08:38:51AM +0100, Will Godfrey wrote:
Ride Of The Valkyries (and you don't get much
angrier than those!)
Nice work as usual !
But there is no anger in the action or lyrics of Wagner's opera
at this point. The Valkyries assemble on a mountain top, preparing
to bring fallen heros to Valhalla. But they have a problem: one of
them is pregnant and they fear that this may not please Wotan at
all. Which turns out to be the case.
'Excitement' would probably be a better description of what
the Ride expresses. The popular association with anger and
agression is probably the result of the way this music was
used in 'Apocalypse Now'.
Real anger you''ll find in Mozart's 'Queen of the Night' aria:
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen !
Hell's vengeance boils in my heart !
Ciao,
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FA