Iain Paterson
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English
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A tabloid reporter who wants to write legitimately again investigates an old woman's story about the disappearance of five, including a child actress, that occurred at the Hollywood Hotel in the 1930s. Everyone says the Hollywood Hotel is haunted now, and when Buzzy Crocker (Guttenberg) explores it, he finds out why.
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"Siegfried" is the third of the four operas that comprise Wagner's epic tetralogy "Der Ring des Nibelungen" ('The Ring of the Nibelung'). Siegfried, raised by the evil dwarf Mime, discovers that he is the son of Siegmund and Sieglinde. He must negotiate betrayals and dangers in a landscape of dragons and magic in order to kill Fafner, who has the Ring, as well as Mime, who has designs on it. Finally, in music of resplendent drama, Siegfried, the hero...
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Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" ('The Ring of the Nibelung') comprises four operas of which "Die Walküre" ('The Valkyrie') is the second, famous for its spectacular set-pieces such as the 'Ride of the Valkyries' and Wotan's 'Farewell'. The plot focuses on the lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde and on the disobedience of the Valkyrie Brünnhilde, who defies the edict of Fricka, the goddess of marriage, to punish them. With "Die Walküre" Wagner achieved...