Opera in the Repertoire · Romantic
Víglundar saga
premiered 1890
Víglundar saga () is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Víglundar saga utilizes the style and romance that also characterize the chivalric sagas. It is one of the latest of the Icelandic family sagas, dating to the end of the 14th or beginning of the 15th century. The saga is preserved in two leather manuscripts from the 15th century. The saga tells the story of the love between Víglundr and Ketilríðr, who are attached to each other from childhood. The opera Thorgrim (1890) is based on this saga.
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