WAGNER - Die Walküre - Act 3 (finale)

Wotan condemns his daughter Brunnhilde to sleep on the Valkyries rock until a man finds her and wakes her. To ensure only the noblest of heroes finds her, he summons Loge to surround her rock with a circle of fire, and proclaims that whoever fears his spearpoint shall never pass through the flames. A concert performance from the BBC Proms in 2005, from the Royal Albert Hall. The famous ’Magic Fire’ music is spine-tingly dramatic and powerful, as is Wotan’s farewell which sadly could not be included in it’