By JAY NORDLINGER [NY Sun, 26 March 2008]

Salzburg, Austria — Siegmund flew in at 4 p.m. The opera started at 5. He made it to the opera house, put on his costume —and on he went.

The Salzburg Easter Festival staged “Die Walküre” on Monday night. “Die Walküre” is the second installment of Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelung.” We had the first installment, “Das Rheingold,” last year. In 2009 and 2010, we’ll get the last two: “Siegfried” and “Götterdämmerung.”