Favorite "Ring" opera

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Hunding is a dick.

While I agree that he is a brute who forces Sieglinde into a loveless marriage, someone also made the interesting observation that he is about the only person in the entire "Ring" who keeps his promises (referring to him allowing Siegmund to spend night in his house even after having learned they're enemies). Wagner was a superb creator of complex characters.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

While I agree that he is a brute who forces Sieglinde into a loveless marriage, someone also made the interesting observation that he is about the only person in the entire "Ring" who keeps his promises (referring to him allowing Siegmund to spend night in his house even after having learned they're enemies). Wagner was a superb creator of complex characters.

Wow actually, you are right!

[(poco) Sforzando]

While I agree that he is a brute who forces Sieglinde into a loveless marriage, someone also made the interesting observation that he is about the only person in the entire "Ring" who keeps his promises (referring to him allowing Siegmund to spend night in his house even after having learned they're enemies). Wagner was a superb creator of complex characters.

That is true. The law of hospitality towards a stranger is something we've lost sight of in our more suspicious 20-21st century times. It's even biblical: "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." (Hebrews 13:2)