"Who composed ""The Ride of the Valkyrie"" which premired in Munich in 1870?"
Ride of the Valkyries the Valkyries greet each other and sing their battle-cry. Apart from the song of the Rhinemaidens in "Das Rheingold", it is the only ensemble piece in the first three operas of Wagner's "Ring" cycle. The complete opera "Die Walküre" was first performed on 26 June 1870 in the National Theatre Munich against the composer's intent. By January of the next year, Wagner was receiving requests for the "Ride" to be performed separately, but wrote that such a performance should be considered "an utter indiscretion" and forbade "any such thing". However, the piece was still printed and sold in Leipzig, and
Ride of the Valkyrie (1967 film) these, only "The White Bus" received a theatrical release in the UK. Ride of the Valkyrie (1967 film) Ride of the Valkyrie is a 1967 British short comedy film directed by Peter Brook and starring Julia Foster, Zero Mostel, and Frank Thornton. It was originally commissioned by producer Oscar Lewenstein, then a director of Woodfall, as one third of a 'portmanteau' feature entitled "Red White and Zero", with sections supplied by Lindsay Anderson, Tony Richardson and Karel Reisz Reisz dropped out with his section becoming Brook's "Ride of the Valkyrie". The two other planned sections of the film developed into