Anne Gjevang (above) as Erda and Hans Sotin as Wotan in this fascinatingly mysterious scene from DAS RHEINGOLD:
Weiche Wotan! - RHEINGOLD - Anne Gjevang and Hans Sotin - Met bcast 1~16~88
"Yield it, Wotan, yield it!
Flee the ring's dread curse!
To dark destruction -
irredeemably -
its possession dooms you."