Götterdämmerung post-in-progress
Siegfried tries to awaken Brünnhilde [ As SIEGFRIED approaches the sleeper again, he is again filled with tender emotion at the sight of her. He bends over her. ] Sweet and quivering, her lovely mouth. A gentle gladness charms fear from my heart! Ah! how enchanting her warm, fragrant breath! [ As if in despair ] Awaken! Awaken! Holiest maid! -- from Siegfried , Act III, Scene 3; singing translation by Andrew Porter (used in the Remedios-Goodall performance) [in English] Alberto Remedios (t); Reginald Goodall, cond. (Aug. 1973, live) Lauritz Melchior (t); Robert Heger, cond. (May 12, 1930, studio) Lauritz Melchior (t); Artur Bodanzky, cond. (Jan. 30, 1937, live) Günther Treptow (t); Rudolf Moralt, cond. (1949, live) Set Svanholm (t); Wilhelm Furtwängler, cond. (Mar. 23, 1950, live) Wolfgang Windgassen (t); Karl Böhm, cond. (July 1966, live) Siegfried Jerusalem (t); Daniel Barenboim, cond. (June-July 1992, live) by Ken Die Walküre : from the final scene