Those two operas by this composer join another that includes "The Ride of the Valkyries" in a four-opera work.
In one work by this composer, the title character slices an anvil in half and kills the dragon Fafner with the sword Nothung (NO-tung); in another opera, Brunnhilde rides into a funeral pyre that burns Valhalla. Those two operas by this composer join another that includes "The Ride of the Valkyries" in a four-opera work. For 10 points, name this German composer of Siegfried and Gotterdamerung (GOTT-err-DAM-errung), part of the Ring of the Nibelung (NEE-buh-lung) cycle.
In one work by this composer, the title character slices an anvil in half and kills the dragon Fafner with the sword Nothung (NO-tung); in another opera, Brunnhilde rides into a funeral pyre that burns Valhalla.
Richard {Wagner} (ree-kart VAHG-ner)