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/ˈbɹənhɪɫd/
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- a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide
How To Use Brunnhilde In A Sentence
- The daughter of a Merseyside boilermaker, Rita Hunter rose to become one of the great Brunnhildes of the post-war era, most memorably in the famous ENO Ring conducted by Sir Reginald Goodall.
- When Brünnhilde told Siegmund that he would die, one of the most haunting moments of the opera, and one that demands some kind of magic, Ms. Voigt simply walked on from stage right. Where Intimacy Walked the Plank
- However, "Die Walküre" is an opera about love—the incestuous passion of the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde; Wotan's doomed love for his son, Siegmund; the deep father-daughter love of Wotan and Brünnhilde; and the frayed marital bond of Wotan and Fricka—all of which ultimately lead to the downfall of the gods. Where Intimacy Walked the Plank
- When his second wife proclaims that she is descended from the legendary hero Siegfried and the demigoddess Brunnhilde, nobody snickers outright.
- Instead of greeting Daddy Wotan with a big hug, the impetuous Brünnhilde slid haplessly down the "mountain," landing stage front, flat on her derrière good bone-density test! Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps
- In "Siegfried," the heroic knight of the title rescued Brünnhilde, a sleeping Valkyrie magically imprisoned in a ring of fire by her father Wotan. Falling Into Wagner's Burning Ring of Fire
