Richard Wagner: The Valkyrie - Ride of the Valkyries

From an opera concert with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera in Olavshallen, Trondheim, 11 March 2021.
Conductor: James Gaffigan
Concert master: Cam Kjøll
Valkyries:
Helmwige - Sigrid Vetleseter Bøe
Gerhilde - Camilla Stenhoff Vist
Schwertleite - Siv Oda Hagerupsen
Waltraute - Åse Krystad
Ortlinde - Tonje Eero Hove
Rossweisse - Maria Nohr
Grimgerde - Nina Sætherhaug
The singer supposed to sing Siegrune had to call off the concert at the very last minute, and so the rest of the Valkyries cover this part.

[@tonypegler9080]

Oh Warfather on high I am calling you from the battlefield And as I take my last breath I call for the mightiest of miracles For none but the brave, be he king or a slave With a pounding heart in his chest Will be worthy to rise and with the Valkyries fly And ride to the ancient Valhalla Oh Warfather on high Listen to my prayer I lived my life by your rules Oh let death cover me now For none but the brave, be he king or a slave With a pounding heart in his chest Will be worthy to rise and with the Valkyries fly And ride to Valhalla of old [Chorus] With the Valkyries, ride over the battlefield Ride your horses and come to me I'm waiting for you to take my soul, high in the sky to Valhalla of old Valkyries, ride over the battlefield I'm dying and glad to bleed Because I know today I will take my place with the heroes In Valhalla of old For none but the brave, be he king or a slave With a pounding heart in his chest Will be worthy to rise and with the Valkyries fly And ride to Valhalla of old [Chorus] With the Valkyries, ride over the battlefield Ride your horses and come to me I'm waiting for you to take my soul, high in the sky to Valhalla of old Valkyries, ride over the battlefield I'm dying and glad to bleed Because I know today I will take my place with the heroes In Valhalla of old In The Halls of Valhalla I finally take my place With my sword and my shield I enter Odin's realm I'm an immortal spirit now with a heart made of steel With the gods on high forever I will live and laugh at the Fears of man

[@markcoutts7750]

☮️🇨🇦🫂✌🏼 Thank you I could not understand the opera. 😅

[@dianewright5575]

Good stuff!!!!!! Thank You for writing it out!!!!

[@kashigata]

Wonderful, thank you!!

[@kashigata]

I don’t know much about opera, but these ladies seem to have incredible voices. It’s the first time I’ve heard this in whole and I loved it.

[@user-bw8sx2zq9y]

Was introduced to this masterpeace when barley twenty years old. My favorite of all that I was exposed or introduced to.

[@iowndvc]

Love the score, but you know you're old when you hear the music and in you're mind you hear Elmer Fudd singing Kill the Wabbit.

[@markcameron360]

…or something about the smell of napalm!

[@Mdeaccosta]

Elmer: Oh, Bwunhilda, You're so wovewy... Bugs: Yes, I know it, I can't help it. 🎶

[@elizabethdunn1466]

Lol

[@elizabethdunn1466]

Too true

[@cyndielake4092]

Hollywood has a lot to answer for!😂😂😂

[@robertclark4584]

Looney Tunes is what taught me to appreciate classical music and I passed it to my children. It was wonderful growing up in the 60’s and 70’s, wouldn’t trade my childhood for anything.

[@michaelmanger8640]

Loony tunes brought the world of opera and classical music to my ears, too. ✌🏽❤️💛🖤🎶🇦🇺

[@jandermuniz2113]

Eu também sempre admirei Looney Tunes por ambientar as animações com músicas clássicas!

[@kevinosorio7271]

Saammme!😂

[@MrYfrank14]

I read some where thatthe only reason they used classical music in Looney Tunes was because it was so old it was free to use and they were too cheap to pay for the rights to music.

[@StanEngland]

Watched some of those just this morning.

[@kegginstructure]

When you are a battlefield and suddenly hear that music plus the shrieks, laughs, and songs of the Valkyries, get ready for a ride... to Valhalla.

[@schurlbirkenbach1995]

Correct, originally, before christianization, the valkyries collected the fallen warriors and guided them to valhalla. Those who died in their beds peacefully, went to Hel, the goddess of death. Our word hell ist derived from Hel

[@righthandwolf306]

May we ride eternal, shiny and chrome.

[@jerroldbates355]

Well said!😅

[@snowholeoutdoors1769]

almost correct... Freyja has first choice of the fallen warriors, who go to Fólkvangr. The other half then goes to Valhǫll. @@schurlbirkenbach1995

[@user-xk7qw]

Shame you can't bring your wife, though.

[@fugithegreat]

The fact that the women's voices can still carry over that hefty orchestra at full volume is amazing!

[@juliesczesny90]

Coloratura Sopranos, baby!

[@markschmitt2834]

There are microphones in front of the singers

[@nandeboleine]

@@juliesczesny90or as I was called growing up “shrill and piercing” 😂 So I owned it and became an opera singer.

[@putinkhuylo]

'Magnificent' is a gross understatement. Those ladies added another dimension to the performance. Bravo! 💥

[@michaelshore2300]

More !! Dimensions I think

[@woodsmanforlife1677]

The Eurasian one esp.

[@davidkelly3751]

Brave

[@aaronag7876]

Absolutely outstanding. Gave me goosebumps and the hairs on my neck and arms were standing up. Sadly Ive never heard it sung by such amazing singers, Ive only ever heard the instrumental version. Ive saved this to watch again. Just truly soul inspiring vocals by all the ladies.

[@martinalenz5029]

@@TrondheimSymfoniorkesterOpera thank you all for this magic Moment .❤️🙋‍♀️

[@alexandergrimsmo]

Spitze!

[@richardcramer1604]

Same here, 1st time hearing what I asume are the Valkyries singing (I don't understand German). I thought it was great!

[@JohnMoore-xf5wy]

Neither had I! Incredible!

[@somedayzo6]

I never knew there were singers either! Unbelievably amazing! Gets the blood pumping!

[@iDuckman]

I love the staging. Simple and effective. And no horned helmets. When I hear this I am reminded how well the human voice can stand up to a full orchestra without electrification.

[@OldGrayCzechWolf]

Just not the same without helmets and steel breastplates..... I love this piece along with the rest of the ring cycle. BTW, I don"t see Elmer Fudd hunting wabbits, I see Huey gunships and Robert DuVall assaulting a Vietnamese village. When I hear the fire magic music where Wotan summons Logi, I see massive space battleships with tiny auxillary craft flying to and fro.

[@AlCiego1959]

"How you feeling, Jimmy?" "Like a mean Mother Fu&ker, Sir!"

[@Svensk7119]

From where cometh the spaceship and its auxiliaries? That one I don't get.

[@Svensk7119]

Oh, and the amount of steel need for those bosoms would have been prohibitive😂.

[@OldGrayCzechWolf]

@@Svensk7119 Its from a different part of the opera, comes much later, the fire magic music, where Wotan summons up Logi to surround Brunhilde with a circle of fire. The deep overpowering music is the battleship and the light twinkling music are the attending fighters and auxiliary craft.

[@williamlavelle7786]

I believe one of the Starwar movies.@@Svensk7119

[@johnedreslin]

So great to see the individual solo work which gets lost on recordings. I really liked the staggered entrances onto the stage. Really gets to the heart of the action.

[@anthonym.austin5346]

This is one of the most beautiful experiences I’ve ever had, watching this performance

[@stupadasol5911]

Didn't understand a word they sang, but those women surpassed the orchestra in my enjoyment of the performance. Well done ladies.

[@jenellienostrabo725]

Oh Warfather on high, I am calling you from the battlefield And as I take my last breath I call for the mightiest of miracles For none but the brave, be he king or a slave With a pounding heart in his chest Will be worthy to rise and with the Valkyries fly And ride to the ancient Valhalla Oh Warfather on high Listen to my prayer I lived my life by your rules Oh let death cover me now

[@user-vh1hs1yp3t]

100% agree

[@merrigalebeddoes1921]

I was in a gifted program in elementary school. Our third grade curriculum consisted, in large part, of Norse mythology and Wagner’s ring cycle. Ride of the Valkyrie was my favorite part. It’s also kill the wabbit, the smell of napalm in the morning, and a Maxell commercial. This performance is definitely fantastic!!!

[@randydewees7338]

Right! the dude sitting in that low chair facing the speakers, as the music starts his drink starts to slide back on the chair arm and his hair is blowing in the wind. I've not seen or thought of that commercial in 30 years - thanks!

[@LeftysLefty]

Been around the block a bit, have you? Lol

[@bob_._.]

I like how the performers sitting in front of the slide trombones have head protection built into their chairs.

[@martinalenz5029]

Outstanding. Richard Wagner was a genius, indeed. Love his work.❤

[@josepherhardt164]

Wagnerian opera is wonderful--if you can get the singers to SHUT UP so that we can listen to the music. Seriously. Opera sung in German is like nails on a chalkboard. 1:33 Yeah, I'm already done. Peace to my ears.

[@martinalenz5029]

@@josepherhardt164 😄🙋‍♀️

[@westlock]

Try en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Night_aria by Mozart. It is even better.@@josepherhardt164

[@thesmallerhalf1968]

He is an exemplar of the complexity of humans. A brilliant composer, albeit that he polarises his audience, an inveterate debtor and a serial philanderer, not to mention an anti-semite.

[@charis6311]

@@josepherhardt164 So hiaho is German to you? it would have been totally different if they sung this in English or Spanish or Arabic?

[@johnvalencia7488]

I never get tired of listening to this piece.

[@user-jw6cn8qm5r]

Ich habe Angst...

[@dirtfarmer7472]

It’s to be played while I’m lying in state before my funeral, with several others not correct for a funeral.

[@piratecove3323]

Old classics never die, they mature with age. Bellissimo. Grazie.

[@SilvioTischer]

Toll! was für Stimmen! Was für Frauen!

[@Edgardelan]

Outstanding Richard, outstanding! I’ll get you a case of beer for that!

[@user-ns1jj3ks5s]

I flew helicopters in South Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry 1970-1971. And listening to this has me pumped up at age 75.

[@malcolmpowell9164]

Thank You for Your service Sir. Live long and prosper

[@jean-pierrechoquet2909]

Me too, 76 !

[@glynluff2595]

Saw you on news clips in U K. You were all very brave whatever celluloid warriors might say!

[@marcheyman6932]

May the Lord bless you ! You are my hero, and all those who serve!

[@markstarmer3677]

Respect to you sir. From a youngster (62) from England.🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@bigbob1699]

When my father bought his first stereo in the 50s , this was on it. Loved it then , love it more now.

[@hypercomms2001]

"WE USE WAGNER. IT SCARES THE SHIT OUT OF THE SLOPES. MY BOYS LOVE IT!"

[@basilpunton5702]

Brilliant. The acting of the singers makes this special. The looking up effect.

[@mikejaggs6722]

Outstanding! Brought tears to my eyes! Magnificent performance of Wagners genius.

[@mcmax571]

RUN CHARLIE!!!

[@kaspar_1982]

when the women began, i lost it...Magnificent!

[@bikebudha01]

There is just something special about watching humans manually make music.... There must be 60+ of them, all in sync... Fantastic...

[@doberski6855]

Beautiful production and performance by all involved! Have to be honest, every time I hear that opening suite of music, I immediately see helicopters coming in low out of the rising sun in head.

[@pascaledowling6309]

I'm glad It's not just me 😂

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

To be played at volume 11! By law. 😂

[@adamsouthwell1790]

Good performance. The music certainly conjures up ladies you don't want to mess about with.

[@gunnarbuster2610]

Vielen Dank für diese virtuose Interpretation. Schade, dass in unserer sogenannten modernen Zeit so eine bezaubernde Musikkultur nur noch sehr selten zu sehen und zu hören ist.

[@user-dd5gq2gb3p]

The only Opera of ever liked

[@tiportangeles2696]

My pops used to put this on the record player and I run madly around the house and jump on the furniture. I miss the 60's.

[@KCapp]

Yes, you cannot perform this song without a commitment to the drama and theater it entails. Well done!

[@cvriosvlvs]

А я все гадал, как же выглядят валькирии... Так аппетитно! Да еще и поют! Похитили мой покой...

[@rallypoint1]

Fantastic!!!! Those powerful voices!!! 💫💫

[@andreasmaier6260]

Was für ein tolles Kulturgut, danke an so viel Kunst.

[@thesilversurfer7136]

How exquisite: the orchestra was perfect, their playing gave me chills. The singers were so powerful and the depth of their range and voices is unmatched.

[@virginiapalmer5669]

I love how the different Valkyries a.k.a. singers are coming in singing their part 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thank goodness for the Internet. I never seen anything like this before. Good job, ladies and orchestra.🥰

[@criticalmass181]

Beautiful. Captivating. I don't think i've ever heard such a heartfelt performance of this piece.

[@jimryon1002]

This is so cool. Congrats for a fine performance.

[@user-mb3mk7bl7r]

Благо Дарю ВАС за эфир. Одно слово ВЕЧНО живёт и будет жить . Исполнение превосходное. БРАВО ❤

[@NikolaosSkordilis]

Ι am immigrating to Bergen in May. I love opera and classical music, so I hope I'll be able to see you up close one day. Great rendition!

[@jamesraymond1158]

Excellent. Wagner is amazing.

[@ReadyKiloWhat]

Wagner ❤❤❤❤ is cooool

[@JohnRSmith-xv2kq]

pretty tepid applause for such a magnificent performance of very difficult music

[@ronkolek613]

It does not look like they had a capacity crowd as it were.

[@chiimumango3979]

RUN CHARLIE!

[@bruces12]

Here come the helicopters from "Apocalypse Now"...I can hear Lt. Kilgore saying "I love the smell of napalm in the morning...it reminds me of victory".

[@philalbion867]

We'll come in low out of the rising sun and about a mile out we'll put on the music......

[@patriciocristobalgallardoz341]

Qué volumen de voces Dios mío!!!! Magníficas!!!! ❤❤❤!

[@arklinmike]

What a wuss I am - this brings tears to my eyes. ❤

[@milosradovanovic5280]

Beautiful voices, outfits, colours, atmosphere, music, orchestra, pleasure to be part of this great team. ☕️🎵🇷🇸🇦🇺👌🙏💯❤️ 7:43

[@Phil-oj5nr]

Thanks, Miss Gregory for teaching musical appreciation all those years ago. Another “goosebumps” performance!

[@generizzolo2755]

I had the pleasure of seeing Bugs Bunny at The Symphony at Lincoln Center a few years back, which was a live Looney Tunes screening of classic cartoons accompanied by the New York Philarmonic playing the score - and this was the opening number! Remember the old Maxwell TV ad with the guy being blown away by the speaker? This piece being performed live was exactly like that!

[@rameyzamora1018]

Lively & uplifting performances - uniquely theatrical & unconventional. What a pleasure!

[@emalaret6]

I am in the stars, you all are great. Thank you.

[@pedrofernandes2350]

Bravo👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@mtdebemigrant1435]

Love this. I was fortunate enough to see a live performance of The Ring in Seattle, WA in 2009, I believe. It was wonderful.

[@786itube]

Such an iconic piece - least of all for that ominous scene from an equally iconic movie - Apocalypse Now

[@josenighthawk]

Darn! ... Feel like jumping on my Huey! ... Marvelous! Thank you for posting!

[@doberski6855]

So glad I am not the only one who went there in the comments! It really was the best part of a very grim movie and obviously very memorable!

[@EducatedSkeptic]

@@doberski6855 .......... The fundamental music itself is pretty danged incredible! Remember that it was written almost a century before "movies" were even imagined! 😉

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

True, but it also shows how a powerful visual coupled with extraordinary music can stay in the psyche!

[@josenighthawk]

@@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars 'Charlie DON'T SURF!!'

[@joeylawn36111]

Don't forget to sit on your helmet when you ride.... 😉🙃

[@TheJakecakes]

In Billington's great book Fire in the Minds of Men, The Revolutionary Faith, he describes how opera was utilized in the great revolutions of the 1840s. People would leave the theater entranced and with Revolutionary fervor!

[@jayp7171]

All I can think of when I hear this is a flight of choppers unleashing hell on a village in the middle of the jungle.

[@mlzema]

Brought tears to my eyes. Awesome.

[@chrishay8385]

Wow,wow,wow.what a joy I bumped into this wow!!

[@lizm.1073]

This is good to wake up and have a cup of coffee! Love it!

[@georgevavoulis4758]

Such beautiful music and the synchronization of everyone is amazing .

[@feralbluee]

What a voice!!!! OMG!!! She’s with the violins. 🎻 Bravissima!!!!

[@ReadyKiloWhat]

I like ride of the valkries❤❤

[@psychokarloff]

Wow! Superb orchestra and the singers staging so dramatic!

[@guydaley]

Holy Crap! I've never been graced by the entire rendition before. Mostly just what Apocalyse Now had to offer. But with the addition of all of those pro opera singers - WOW This was a musical spectacle!

[@mariadobomsucessonasciment5590]

Is beautiful !

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Wow. Stunning

[@nevilleanderson7277]

Terrific! Terrific! Terrific!

[@lyrafaeren]

This made me fall in love with this piece all over again!

[@J.D.Vision]

Wearing valkyrie armor should be mandated for this.

[@cliffrightmove1527]

Absolutely brilliant,thank you ❤️

[@ianmaclellan7233]

Incredible !!!

[@joannc147]

These women! 💥

[@Koboille]

extraordinaire.... quelle performance!... bravo et bonjour Trondheim... ville qui reste dans mon coeur

[@dariopetrelli7957]

certo che con una simile musica ed il canto delle valkyrie nelle orecchie chiunque finirebbe per sentirsi trasportaro al tempo degli dei e degli eroi e - quasi quasi - si getterebbe in battaglia - già ma quale ??? ed eravamo già in battaglia poi ??? e con chi ? e perchè? - per guadagnarsi il Walhalla - anche chi non beneficato da nordici ascendenti con le valkyrie non c'entra per nulla ... troppo bravo questo WAGNER 😃😄😁😆🤣😂🙂😛😜😉

[@mollysunshine8312]

One word. WOW!!!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@kirpalani-griffin3706]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@rolandalfonso6954]

Glorious. Everybody singers and musicians having fun and making a living! This is what it is all about. Thank you.

[@gshenaut]

Magnifique !

[@user-sk8di4rw3y]

Великолепно мурашки бегали по всему телу супер спасибо за этот ролик ютьюбу❤😊

[@user-sk8di4rw3y]

Спасибо за благодарный ответ Вагнер не повторим слушаю каждый день как любой человек настроение бывает разное но музыка Рихарда Вагнера вдохновляет и успокаивает представте себе картину прихожу домой уставшая или сразу ложусь спать или психую вспоминая прошедший день или т д вариаций много перед сном включаю Вагнера и всё наступает релакс унисон с невообразимой красотой мистикой космосом в его музыке можно вернуться в прошлое или попасть не вероятное будущее спасибо

[@user-gi2hr7fm2p]

​Да, Вагнер это всегда мощно.

[@yoelfischel6327]

When I lived in San Francisco Public TV had Der Ring des Nibelungen on over 4 nights.

[@wilmopasion9857]

espectacular...!!!!!! hermoso...!!!!!!

[@fluke5173]

Amazing

[@maida-vale]

Oh, the bellowing Botdiccas but that said, a great orchestra, well led and conducted!!

[@marciaspiegel5280]

Just amazing.

[@WendyMacLeod-eh4ej]

The absolute feels ❤🎉❤

[@user-gl4lu7eo5n]

Inever get tired of listening to this piece.🌞🌞

[@EatPezzzz]

This piece is actually called The Ride of the Valkyries. The helicopters flying scene in Apocalypse Now was so iconic that it is now confused with flight, hence the common mistake of calling it The Flight of the Valkyries.

[@NavyAviationVeteranRVer]

Actually, ride of the valerie was a poor English translation of the GERMAN flight of the valeries.

[@notaboot6686]

Valkyries do not ride, as they posses wings !

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren, Translate it yourself.

[@trevorbailey1486]

@@notaboot6686 Is that so? Well, Brunhilde's horse, Grane, will be relieved to hear that. Otherwise, he was immolated together with his owner at the music-drama's conclusion.

[@ghamoz]

Il titolo originale di Wagner è "Walkürenritt" che tradotto significa "cavalcata delle walkirie" (google traslator) posso assicurarti che jel 1963, quando l'ho sentito per la prima volta (e mi ha fatto scegliere di studiare musica) quello era il titolo corrente e di "apocalipse now" non c'era nemmeno l'idea .

[@seangage9088]

Perfection!

[@51saphire]

LOVE this!~

[@chrisharrison8832]

stunning

[@philkearny5587]

What goes through my mind is how uncomfortable it was sitting on my steel pot helmet in a Huey bouncing all over the sky.

[@humanlifeforce]

Bravo! So stupendous!

[@Fukiran7]

Magnificent!

[@janpogodynek6477]

Masterpiece !!!

[@MarioSolis-bx3rl]

La obra de wagner gloriosa eleva ala cumbre mas altas y sublime espiritu del alma de wagner

[@bigfred233]

Glorious!

[@henryratajczak7806]

OUTSTANDING ❤