What is your favourite Wagner opera and why

It changes for me currently it must be The Flying Dutchman.

The ghostly sea captain finds redemption by the love of a young maiden, who throws herself in the sea.

But it does not happen in reality.

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Sidewinder · 36-40, M

Siegfried.

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@Sidewinder Full of contradicts. Even antisemitism, if you read it that way. Wotan having to take responsibility for his actions too. No one is safe, not even the wood bird .

Sidewinder · 36-40, M

@SW-User The thing I liked about Siegfried was that it was adapted into a movie directed by Fritz Lang.

My favorite part of that was where Siegfried slays the dragon and bathes in it's blood.

Also speaking as a film buff, I admire the use of practical special effects and the use of a full-scale mechanical dragon puppet.

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@Sidewinder Yes he is dealing with Fafners greed. But soon to be undone in the last opera.
I’ve met plenty of Alberich’’s in this world. Nasty deceitful men