A real-time walk through Midtown Manhattan scored with music from Richard Wagner. This walk begins outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal and heads north up 8th Avenue through the Theater District and Midtown Manhattan.

The walk is accompanied by Wagner’s “Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla” from Das Rheingold, the opening opera of the Ring Cycle. The music evokes a sense of ascent, grandeur, and arrival — an unexpected but fitting soundtrack for the monumental architecture and energy of Midtown Manhattan. Part of the Wagner Walks series from Ambler Matt, which pairs real New York City walks with Wagner’s music to explore the mythic atmosphere hidden inside modern urban life.

Route: Port Authority Bus Terminal 8th Avenue Theater District Midtown Manhattan Filmed on a bright afternoon in New York City.