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jonamac (September 26, 2008 at 2:10 am)
Leitmotif....a recurring musical theme...used a lot now in the movies :)
SpitfireMezzo (September 19, 2008 at 1:50 pm)
He ROCKS!
osc200 (August 14, 2008 at 1:43 pm)
What you're refering as the "ride of the Valkyries" is a recuring theme (motif) of the ring cycle. So, it is most definitely part of it!
Bluehawk2008 (July 31, 2008 at 10:49 pm)
The melody he sings at 2:00 in this video, as performed by a brass section lol, became my favorite "part of Ride of the Valkyries" despite it not being part of it.
Bluehawk2008 (July 31, 2008 at 10:48 pm)
I heard an instrumental performance of Ride of the Valkyries that segued into this piece where this video reads 1:40. Very strange :S
rdemeyere (July 5, 2008 at 12:58 am)
Salminen portrays by voice, facial expression, body language and sheer physical presence the essence of what Hagen is: an extremely competent and dangerous knight who knows exactly what must be done and how to do it.
Sieglinde84 (June 23, 2008 at 7:30 pm)
I've heard him yesterday live on the Wagner Festival in Budapest, and he was frightening. I'm totally in love with Hagen. This black, velvety voice...
logenisti (May 9, 2008 at 8:45 pm)
Perfect performance!!!
skinboy8 (May 9, 2008 at 9:12 am)
And an excellent Fasolt, an excellent Fafner, an excellent anything he sings!
ric55 (April 27, 2008 at 5:45 pm)
My L.P.,Tape, and CD collection actually. Otto von Rohr died in 1984 and Frick died in 1994-you will look in vain for anything but snippets of their Hagen on VHS or DVD. I go to the opera when I am sure that I can avoid lunatic producers and ill-trained, musically illiterate conductors-quite hard to do these days. |
