Word: wotan
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...over. There is much brave fighting to be done before the German will be driven over the Rhine. The Wotan line is yet unbent by the hammer of Thor...
...anvil, with many words of abuse. Finally Siegfried gets the whole story of his parentage, and leaves with orders to make a sword of the fragments which Sieglinde had given him. Mime is in despair, for he has tried to do this many times without success. At this juncture Wotan enters, disguised as a wanderer. He seeks news of Siegfried, and asks Mime's hospitality. Siegfried upon returning finds Mime's task unaccomplished, so he forges the sword himself, all the while singing a magnificent song. The sword finished, he strikes the anvil asunder...
...second act shows Alberich near the dragon's cave, waiting for an opportunity to get the gold. Wotan enters and announces that Siegfried is on the way, and suggests that Alberich offer this knowledge to the dragon in return for the ring. To this, however, the dragon replies with a yawn, and turns again to sleep. Day dawns as Mime and Siegfried enter. Mime tries vainly to excite Siegfried with fear. Blowing a loud fanfare on his horn. Siegfried wakes the dragon, who advances to meet him. In the ensuing fight Siegfried kills the dragon, but accidentally tastes...
...third act Wotan tells Erda, the goddess of earth that he is contented that man shall supersede the gods. As Erda sinks into the earth, Siegfried enters and inquires the way to Brunnhilde's rock. Wotan lays his spear across the way, but Siegfried shatters it, and advances to the flames, which envelop the stage. Finally they clear and discover Siegfried on the rock. He has never seen a woman, and thinks Brunnhilde is a beautiful warrior. He loosens the helmet, sees for the first time the long tresses of a woman, and is seized with fear. But he stoops...
...Hall this evening: 1. Entrance of Guests into the Wartburg (Tannhauser), Organ, Mr. Marshall.Wagner 2. Overture, "Jubilee," Organ, Mr. Marshall. Weber 3. Waltz, "Legends from the Vienna Woods," Strauss 4. Selection, "Madame Butterfly," Puccini 5. Overture, "Der Freischutz," Weber 6. Suite, "L'Arlesienne," Bizet (a) Prelude. (b) Adagietto. 7. Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Scene (Die Walkure), Wagner 8. Rhapsody, "Espana," Chabrier 9. Overture, "The Merry Windsor," Wives of Nicolai 10. Evening Song, Schumann 11. Selection from "The Mikado," Sullivan 12. March, "Stars and Stripes," Sousa