This American saying refers to the final aria of valkyrie Brunhilde, after which the four-part opera “The Ring of the Nibelung” by Richard Wagner finally ends, after a total duration of around 16 hours. Wagner, born in Leipzig in 1813, wrote and composed “The Ring” between 1848 and 1874, and wanted to have it performed in an opera house designed to his specific liking. Financed to a large part by King Ludwig II of Bavaria (who built Neuschwanstein, the Bavarian […]