Editing Die Walküre (section)

==Roles==
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!Role
!Description{{sfn|Holman|2001|pp=179–187, 206–220}}
![[Voice type]]{{sfn|Holman|2001|pp=57–58}}
!Munich premiere cast 26 June 1870<ref name= Perfhist>{{cite web|title= Die Walküre: Performance History |url= http://opera.stanford.edu/Wagner/Walkure/history.html|work= opera.stanford.edu|publisher= Opera Glass|access-date= 15 August 2018}}</ref><br /> (Conductor: [[Franz Wüllner]]){{sfn|Osborne|1992|p=200}}
!Cast at premiere of complete cycle 14 August 1876<ref name= Perfhist/><br />(Conductor: [[Hans Richter (conductor)|Hans Richter]]){{sfn|Osborne|1992|p=201}}
|-
! colspan="5"| Humans
|-
|[[Sigmund|Siegmund]]
|[[Völsung]] son of Wotan, twin brother of Sieglinde
|[[tenor]]
|[[Heinrich Vogl]]
|[[Albert Niemann (tenor)|Albert Niemann]]
|-
|[[Signy#In ''Völsunga saga''|Sieglinde]]
|[[Völsung]] daughter of Wotan, twin sister of Siegmund
|[[soprano]]
|[[Therese Vogl]]
|[[Josephine Schefsky]]
|-
|[[Siggeir|Hunding]]
|Of the Neiding race; husband of Sieglinde
|[[bass (voice type)|bass]]
|[[Kaspar Bausewein]]
|Josef Niering
|-
! colspan="5"| Gods
|-
|[[Odin|Wotan]] 
|God of battle, and of contracts, ruler of the gods
|[[bass-baritone]]
|[[August Kindermann]]
|[[Franz Betz]]
|-
|[[Frigg|Fricka]] 
|Goddess of marriage (including [[forced marriage]]); wife to Wotan  
|[[dramatic mezzo-soprano]]
|[[Anna Kaufmann]]
|[[Friederike Grün]]
|-
! colspan="5"| Valkyries
|-
|[[Brunhild|Brünnhilde]]
|Daughter of Wotan ''via'' Erda
|[[high dramatic soprano]]
|[[Sophie Stehle]]
|[[Amalie Materna]]
|-
|Gerhilde
|Daughter of Wotan 
|soprano
|Karoline Lenoff
|[[Marie Haupt]]
|-
|Ortlinde
|Daughter of Wotan 
|soprano
|[[Henriette Müller-Marion]]
|[[Marie Lehmann (soprano)|Marie Lehmann]]
|-
|Waltraute
|Daughter of Wotan 
|dramatic mezzo-soprano
|Hemauer
|[[Luise Jaide]]
|-
|Schwertleite
|Daughter of Wotan 
|[[contralto]]
|[[Emma Seehofer]]
|[[Johanna Jachmann-Wagner]]
|-
|Helmwige
|Daughter of Wotan 
|soprano
|[[Anna Deinet|Anna Possart-Deinet]]
|[[Lilli Lehmann]]
|-
|Siegrune
|Daughter of Wotan
|mezzo-soprano
|Anna Eichheim
|Antonie Amann
|-
|Grimgerde
|Daughter of Wotan 
|mezzo-soprano
|[[Wilhelmine Ritter]]
|Hedwig Reicher-Kindermann
|-
|Roßweiße
|Daughter of Wotan 
|mezzo-soprano
|Juliane Tyroler
|[[Minna Lammert]]
|}