66 Redemption Through Love : Der Ring Des Nibelungen

This leitmotif is first heard in act 3 scene 1 of Die Walkure. This soaring motif is heard only twice in the cycle, but is arguably the most important leitmotif. It is first heard at the end of Die Walkure when Brunnhilde has just told Sieglinde that she is pregnant. Until this point Sieglinde considers herself as good as dead, now that Siegmund, her brother and lover, has died; she wishes to be united with him in death (for more on this idea, consult Tristan und Isolde), however she is redeemed from thi