Brunhild
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Brunhild, also known as Brunhilda or Brynhild, is a female character from Germanic heroic legend. She may have her origins in the Visigothic princess and queen Brunhilda of Austrasia.
"Brunnhild" (1897) by Gaston Bussière
Sigrdrífa giving Sigurd a drinking horn; illustration on the 11th-century Drävle Runestone
French operatic soprano Rose Caron as Brunhild at Théâtre de La Monnaie, Brussels, 1884
Illustration of Helreið Brynhildar, 1893
Der Ring des Nibelungen
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Der Ring des Nibelungen, WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from Germanic heroic legend, namely Norse le
Brunhild
…continental tradition, Brunhild kills herself after Sigurd's death. Richard Wagner made Brunhild (as Brünnhilde) an important character in his opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. The majority of modern conceptions of the figure have been inspired or influenced by Wagner's depiction. Brunhild has been called "the paramount figure…
Scene 1 of Das Rheingold from the first Bayreuth Festival production of the Bühnenfestspiel in 1876
Illustration of Brünnhilde by Odilon Redon, 1885
Amalie Materna, the first Bayreuth Brünnhilde, with Cocotte, the horse donated by King Ludwig to play her horse Grane
The Rhinemaidens in the first Bayreuth production in 1876