from Act III, Scene 3 of the German opera
Die Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner
Libretto: Richard Wagner
Role: Brünnhilde, daughter of Wotan
Voice Part: soprano Fach: dramatic soprano
Setting: bank of the Rhine, mythological Germany
Synopsis: Brünnhilde calls out to Loge to set fire to Valhalla and destroy once and for all the gods who have caused her such pain. She then lights Siegfried's funeral pyle, mounts her house, and rides directly into it.