Violence is often a theme in Richard Wagner’s work, as is the sacrifice of women in the name of the “rebirth” of male protagonists.

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As ever with begin and end with some startling and legendary music, this time both excerpts from Birgit Nilsson, undertaking, if you will forgive the pun, the deaths of two of Wagner's most memorable female characters, Brunnhilde from the Ring of the Nibelungen, and Kundry from Parsifal. This is music smashing through vocal registers like cars through glass and opera as a calorie burning exercise on a par with any kun ...