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Not that sticking to [Wagner]'s stage directions renders the production unimaginative. In Die Walküre, Wotan and Fricka meet for their Act II row about whether the gods are bound to defend the institution of marriage in the very woodland hut where, moments earlier, the twins [Siegmund] and Sieglinde have commenced their adulterous and incestuous union. In Siegfried, Wotan lays flowers beneath the bloodstained rock where he unwillingly speared his son Siegmund to death.
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With the Gods
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With the godsA hyper-elaborate cycle stays true to Wagner's intentionsDer Ring des NibelungenSeattle Opera House"One of our Rhine daughters has eaten some bad fish and got sick," announced Speight Jenkins, general director of the Seattl...See the full content of this document
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