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The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie

by Richard Wagner (1813–1883)

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  • 148 chapters
  • Reading level: 6th grade

"The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie" by Richard Wagner are the first two operas of a monumental four-part cycle composed between 1848 and 1874. These epic music dramas tell of gods, heroes, and mythical creatures struggling over a magic ring that grants world domination. Drawing from Norse sagas and Germanic legend, the story follows the schemes of Wotan, chief of the gods, as he attempts to regain the cursed ring stolen from the Rhine maidens—setting in motion conflicts that span generations and lead toward ultimate catastrophe.

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Woglinde

Weia! Waga!
Roll, O ye billows,
Rock ye our cradle!
Wagala weia!
Wallala, weiala, weia!

WELLGUNDE [From above.

Woglinde, watchest alone?

If Wellgunde came we were two.

WELLGUNDE [Dives down to the rock.

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Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. Woglinde
  3. Wellgunde
  4. Alberich
  5. Alberich
  6. Alberich
  7. Wellgunde
  8. Alberich
  9. Flosshilde
  10. Alberich
  11. Woglinde and Wellgunde
  12. The Three Rhine Maidens
  13. Alberich
  14. Alberich
  15. Wellgunde
  16. Alberich
  17. Alberich
  18. The Three Rhine Maidens
  19. Second Scene
  20. Fricka
  21. Wotan
  22. Fricka
  23. Fricka
  24. Fasolt
  25. Fasolt
  26. Fasolt
  27. Fafner
  28. Wotan
  29. Loge
  30. Loge
  31. Loge
  32. Loge
  33. Fricka
  34. Fafner
  35. Fafner
  36. Loge
  37. Wotan
  38. Third Scene
  39. Alberich
  40. Alberich
  41. Mime
  42. Mime
  43. Mime
  44. Mime
  45. Wotan
  46. Alberich
  47. Loge
  48. Alberich
  49. Alberich
  50. Alberich
  51. Loge
  52. Alberich
  53. Alberich
  54. Loge
  55. Alberich
  56. Alberich
  57. Alberich
  58. Wotan
  59. Alberich
  60. Wotan
  61. Wotan
  62. Loge
  63. Froh
  64. Fricka
  65. Fafner
  66. Wotan
  67. Erda
  68. Wotan
  69. Fasolt
  70. Fafner
  71. Wotan
  72. Froh
  73. Wotan
  74. Wotan
  75. Wotan
  76. The Three Rhine-Maidens
  77. Siegmund
  78. Sieglinde
  79. Siegmund
  80. Siegmund
  81. Sieglinde
  82. Siegmund
  83. Hunding
  84. Hunding
  85. Siegmund
  86. Siegmund
  87. Siegmund
  88. Sieglinde
  89. Sieglinde
  90. Sieglinde
  91. Siegmund
  92. Siegmund
  93. Siegmund
  94. The Second Act
  95. Wotan
  96. Fricka
  97. Wotan
  98. Fricka
  99. Wotan
  100. Wotan
  101. Fricka
  102. Fricka
  103. Wotan
  104. Wotan
  105. Wotan
  106. Wotan
  107. Wotan
  108. Wotan
  109. Sieglinde
  110. Sieglinde
  111. Siegmund
  112. Siegmund
  113. Siegmund
  114. Siegmund
  115. Siegmund
  116. Siegmund
  117. Siegmund
  118. Siegmund
  119. Hunding
  120. Wotan's Voice
  121. The Third Act
  122. Gerhilde
  123. Schwertleite
  124. Waltraute
  125. The Valkyries
  126. All the Other Valkyries
  127. The Valkyries
  128. The Valkyries
  129. Sieglinde
  130. Sieglinde
  131. The Valkyries
  132. The Valkyries
  133. Wotan's Voice
  134. The Valkyries
  135. Wotan
  136. Wotan
  137. Wotan
  138. The Valkyries
  139. Wotan
  140. Wotan
  141. Wotan
  142. Wotan
  143. Wotan
  144. Wotan
  145. Wotan
  146. Wotan
  147. Wotan
  148. Wotan

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This free edition of The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #48214, released 2015-02-09. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Plays/Films/Dramas, Mythology, Legends & Folklore.

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