«Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater» from DIE WALKÜRE by Richard Wagner скачать в хорошем качестве

«Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater» from DIE WALKÜRE by Richard Wagner

This aria/scene made me love Siegmund and made me want to sing Wagner well before my voice and soul were ready. Siegmund has just been told that his life is spared only for the night and in the morning he will be fought and killed. He sings despairingly that his father, who disappeared long ago, had promised him a sword whenever he most needed a weapon. He sees a glimmer of light in the trunk of the tree, but doesn’t realize that this was the sword he’d been promised. As the light dims on yet another unlucky day, he still falls asleep with an ember of hope in his heart. Soon Sieglinde comes to him, having given her husband a sleeping tonic, and as they rapturously talk, they fall in love. The role is brimming with tender sadness and tragic beauty—just prior to this scene, he tells his captor and wife that he didn’t know his name, but it couldn’t be “Happiness” since tragedy follows him everywhere. His mother was killed, his sister was kidnapped, his father disappeared, an everything he touches becomes unlucky. Wotan sired him in the hopes of creating a man that is more free than himself, but eventually his grandson, Siegfried, son of his children (Siegmund and Sieglinde) has the wild strength and spiritual freedom to help bring about the end... das Ende.