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Bronze of Wotan, lords of the gods, on a polished buckeye burl
wood base, whose natural fissures are inlaid with a river of lapis lazuli. Pure gold nuggets are set into the riverbed. At the
bottom of the base, a small knothole inlaid with gold leaf and fire agate represents Alberich's underworld. The mask is supported
by a bronze rainbow inset with lapis, malachite, amber, coral, citrine, and amethyst, arching up from the base and leading to
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In this second opera of Wagner's Ring Cycle, Siegmund and Sieglinde, long-lost brother and sister, meet in passion as adult man and woman. The sword was thrust into the ash tree by their father, the god Wotan, who would appear on earth in wolf
form. Sieglinde has waited for years to fall in love with the hero who could pull the sword from the tree, who tragically
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Music from the "Winterstürme" (Spring Song) duet is silk-screened on birch wood, surrounded by a frame of foliage in copper with 24K gold-leaf |
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A fragment of music silk-screened on birch bark is entwined with a copper vine. The face of "Wolfe" peers through the foliage |
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Commissioned portrait of tenor
David Cangelosi
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Relief plaque of the warrior women, mounted upon winged horses and
armed with helmets and spears, who escort fallen heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla to serve the god Wotan. |
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