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TheValkyrie
Story
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BOY
meets GIRL. |
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HE:
You look so familiar!
SHE:
I seem to know you too! |
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HE:
Where have you been, all my (unhappy) life?
SHE:
Unhappy, until now! |
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HE:
Woman devine!
SHE:
This man I love! |
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HUNDING
(HUSBAND): Who is this stranger?
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SHE:
Tell me, who are you?
HE:
I'm Woeful! |
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HE:
I'll tell you my story
HE:
... and why I am woeful. |
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HUNDING:
I know you Woeful! In the morning we fight!
SHE:
(The sleeping potion will give us time) |
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HE:
A sword! I need a sword!
SHE:
Your sword is waiting for you in the Ash Tree! I'm your
SIEGLINDE and with my love I name you SIEGMUND!
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FRICKE,
GODDESS of MARRIAGE: But wait!
BRUNNHILDE:
Whoops, here comes trouble. |
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WOTAN
the GOD : Isn't love beautiful?
FRICKE:
This is impossible! |
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FRICKE:
Marriage is a contract!
FRICKE:
You must support the husband!
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FRICKE:
You are so stubborn, but you cannot be deaf to my claim!
WOTAN:
Oh gloom I cannot deny it, Fricke is right! Oh gloom! Brunnhilde
you cannot save him.
BRUNNHILDE:
Father, poor Father! |
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BRUNNHILDE:
Siegmund, you will loose the fight. You must come with me
to Valhalla.
SIEGMUND:
Valhalla? |
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SIEGMUND:
Can my Sieglinde come with me?
BRUNNHILDE:
She must stay here. |
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SIEGMUND:
Then I will NOT come. I have a sword and I will fight. I
will fight and I will win!
SIEGLINDE:
My Siegmund! |
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SIEGMUND:
To the fight!
HUNDING:
To the fight! |
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VALKYRIES:
Hojotoho! Who is this riding so swiftly towards us? It's
Brunnhilde and she has a woman on her saddle!
HELMWIGE/GERHILDE:
Hojotoho! |
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ORTLINDE:
Sister sister, what has happened?
BRUNNHILDE:
Help me help me. I've disobeyed Wotan but I've saved Sieglinde. |
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SIEGLINDE:
I would rather have died with my Siegmund!
SIEGLINDE:
What's that you say? I am with child? Then I will live for
Siegmund's child! |
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VALKYRIES:
Wotan is here ... oh how angry he is.
BRUNNHILDE:
Why so angry?
WOTAN:
You disobedient daughter! You tried to save Siegmund.
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BRUNNHILDE:
I knew you loved him, so I tried to save him!
WOTAN:
Stubborn girl. Your punishment awaits.
BRUNNHILDE:
My punishment?
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WOTAN:
You'll sleep on a hillside and the man who awakes you will
have you for bride.
BRUNNHILDE:
Then surround me with a ring of fire that only a hero can
transverse.
WOTAN:
Beautiful daughter, a Ring of Fire you shall have. |
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The
orchestra plays fire music.
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the conductor smiles...
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the
prompt closes her score.
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and the audience gives the NZSO and the wonderful Singers
a standing ovation! |
