THIRD DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. GĂĽnter, the lord of the Rhine people, gives Siegfried a love potion that causes Siegfried to forget BrĂĽnnhilde and fall in love with GĂĽnter's sister Gutrane. Siegfried has given BrĂĽnnhilde the Ring as a token of their love, but her Valkyrie sister urges her to destroy it, because their father Wotan has lost his spear and power and is hiding out in Valhalla. Instead, BrĂĽnnhilde keeps it, and under the influence of the potion, Siegfried steals it from her. Enraged, BrĂĽnnhilde helps Alberich's son murder Siegfried, but Siegfried's memory returns, and he dies thinking of BrĂĽnnhilde. BrĂĽnnhilde repents and orders a funeral pyre to be built. She rides into the fire herself, and the Rhinemaidens get the ring back. The story closes with flames flickering about Valhalla in the background. Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in June & July 1991.
