The oboe excerpts the song "Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf" in a piece named for this man.
The oboe excerpts the song "Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf" in a piece named for this man. A motif consisting of successive descending fourths represents this character's joy of life. After tasting dragon's blood, he gains the ability to understand birds. That blood came from Fafner, whom this character drew out of his cave with a horn call. After Mime realizes that this character knows no fear, this character sings "Nothung! Nothung! Niedliches Schwert!" while forging the broken pieces of Nothung, which he uses to break Wotan's spear. He is the namesake of an idyll the composer wrote for his wife Cosima. This character uses the Tarnhelm to disguise himself as Gunther and win Brünnhilde as Gunther's wife, after having earlier crossed Loge's magic fire to win Brünnhilde's love. For 10 points, name this son of Sieglinde and Siegmund, the namesake of the third opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle.
The oboe excerpts the song "Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf" in a piece named for this man.
Siegfried