Tomer Zvulun, Artistic & General Director of The Atlanta Opera chooses his FIVE THINGS you need to know about Die  Walküre by Richard Wagner. NUMBER 1:  How does Die Walküre fit into the full Ring cycle of four music dramas? Der Ring des Niebelungen (the Ring) is a tetralogy that includes four operas: Das Rheingold (“The Rhine Gold”), Die Walküre (“The Valkyrie”), Siegfried, and Gotterdammerung  (“Twilight of the Gods”). Interestingly, Wagner called Das Rheingold “voreabend” — a preview or prelude. He named Die Walküre” erstabend”  — the first […]