Music Analysis: Die Walküre and La bohème
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1MUSIC ANALYSIS
Opera is a form of art where singers and musicians together perform a dramatic work that
combines text and music in a theatrical environment. This essay provides an insight on the Die
Walküre and the La bohème. Both of the operas speak about love and the hardships faced by
those in love.
Die Walküre starts with Siegmund being pursued by enemies in a storm and then found
by Sieglinde (Ethier, 2012). These two characters play the vital role of setting up an entrance
stage for the Valkyrie Brünnhilde. Hunding, one of the pursuers of Siegmund and the husband of
Sieglinde, is a support character who fights Siegmund but dies at the hand of Wotan the leader of
the Gods because he failed his role. His role was to defeat Siegmund who eloped with Sieglinde
and claim her back. Wotan wanted to support his son Siegmund and asked Brünnhilde to protect
him but then later due to his wife Fricka he had to go against his own wishes. Fricka was the
goddess of marriage and according to her, Siegmund had committed a crime by eloping with
Sieglinde. Brünnhilde, the Valkyrie is the main character here although she receives a late entry
to the plot. She received a curse from her father because she disobeyed him. The character of
Brünnhilde showed a brave and kind heart by having empathy on Siegmund’s situation. In Die
Walküre, the characters fought for the things they wanted and did not leave anything to fate
(Ethier, 2012). La bohème on the other hand shows that the characters leave everything to the
fate and face their imminent future instead of fighting for it. The scene opens with the four
characters Rodolfo, Marcello, Schaunard and Colline showing the status of artists of Europe in
the 19th century. They are poor but they never try to work to achieve more wealth instead they
are content with what they have. Rodolfo falls in love with Mimi. Musetta and Marcello are
depicted as lover here as well. The six of them are content with their lives without even trying to
improve. In the later stages, Mimi gets Tuberculosis and Rodolfo decides to distance himself
Opera is a form of art where singers and musicians together perform a dramatic work that
combines text and music in a theatrical environment. This essay provides an insight on the Die
Walküre and the La bohème. Both of the operas speak about love and the hardships faced by
those in love.
Die Walküre starts with Siegmund being pursued by enemies in a storm and then found
by Sieglinde (Ethier, 2012). These two characters play the vital role of setting up an entrance
stage for the Valkyrie Brünnhilde. Hunding, one of the pursuers of Siegmund and the husband of
Sieglinde, is a support character who fights Siegmund but dies at the hand of Wotan the leader of
the Gods because he failed his role. His role was to defeat Siegmund who eloped with Sieglinde
and claim her back. Wotan wanted to support his son Siegmund and asked Brünnhilde to protect
him but then later due to his wife Fricka he had to go against his own wishes. Fricka was the
goddess of marriage and according to her, Siegmund had committed a crime by eloping with
Sieglinde. Brünnhilde, the Valkyrie is the main character here although she receives a late entry
to the plot. She received a curse from her father because she disobeyed him. The character of
Brünnhilde showed a brave and kind heart by having empathy on Siegmund’s situation. In Die
Walküre, the characters fought for the things they wanted and did not leave anything to fate
(Ethier, 2012). La bohème on the other hand shows that the characters leave everything to the
fate and face their imminent future instead of fighting for it. The scene opens with the four
characters Rodolfo, Marcello, Schaunard and Colline showing the status of artists of Europe in
the 19th century. They are poor but they never try to work to achieve more wealth instead they
are content with what they have. Rodolfo falls in love with Mimi. Musetta and Marcello are
depicted as lover here as well. The six of them are content with their lives without even trying to
improve. In the later stages, Mimi gets Tuberculosis and Rodolfo decides to distance himself
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