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Richard Wagner's vast Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle comprises four full-length operas (Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung) and is arguably the most extraordinary achievement in the history of opera. His own libretto to the operas, translated by Andrew... Read Full Overview

A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner's Ring Cycle, in a Penguin Classics hardcover designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith

A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner's Ring Cycle, in a Penguin Classics hardcover designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith

The companion volume to the Ring libretto translations by Rudolph Sabor provides a guide through the labyrinth of the Ring , clarifying its literary and musical idiom and significance. It offers essays, surveys and summaries - designed to inform, enlighten, and occassionally,... Read Full Overview

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen. Das Rheingold / Die Walk re / Siegfried / G tterd mmerung (Vollst ndiges Textbuch) Entstanden 1848-1874. Erstdruck der Dichtung als anonymer Privatdruck: Z rich 1853. Urauff hrung 13.-17.08.1876, Festspielhaus, Bayreuth. Vollst ndige Neuausgabe... Read Full Overview

"Der Ring des Nibelungen" von Richard Wagner. Wagners Operntetralogie auf der Basis des mittelalterlichen Nibelungenliedes. Eine Geschichte von Liebe, Ehrgeiz, Macht und Hass. Der germanische Gottvater Wotan, die Walkre Brnnhilde, der Held Siegfried, der hinterlistige Hagen,... Read Full Overview

Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is one of the most influential theatrical works ever written. It is a powerful music-drama on a grand scale, a full appreciation of which depends on an understanding of exactly what is being sung. Wagner's German was deliberately archaic and romantic;... Read Full Overview

In einem mythischen Naturzustand steht inmitten eines Ur-Waldes die Welt-Esche (in der germanischen Mythologie: Yggdrasil) als Inbegriff einer heiligen Ordnung. In ihrem Schatten entspringt eine Quelle (Weisheit raunend") symbolisch aus der Wurzel der heiligen Ordnung, ewige... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview