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Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from Germanic heroic legend , namely Norse legendary sagas and the Nibelungenlied .
Richard Wagner (1861) The evolution of Richard Wagner's epic operatic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) was a long and tortuous process, and the precise sequence of events which led the composer to embark upon such a vast undertaking is still unclear.
Its legacy today is most visible in Richard Wagner's operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, which, however, is mostly based on Old Norse sources. In 2009, the three main manuscripts of the Nibelungenlied [1] were inscribed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in recognition of their historical significance. [2]
The preliminary draft reached this point on the 26th, and the developed draft on the 27th. It seems that Wagner was tiring of the Ring and he considered putting it aside for a while: I have determined finally to give up my headstrong design of completing the Nibelungen. I have led my young Siegfried to a beautiful forest solitude, and there ...
Das Rheingold (pronunciation ⓘ; The Rhinegold), WWV 86A, is the first of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung). It premiered as a single opera at the National Theatre of Munich on 22 September 1869, and received its first performance as part of the Ring cycle at ...
Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen was composed over the course of about twenty-six years, from 1848 to 1874. Die Nibelungen is a two-part fantasy film created by Fritz Lang in 1924. Die Nibelungen is a film remake in two parts, 1966/67 by Harald Reinl/Harald G. Petersson. Ring of the Nibelungs is a 2004 TV film directed by ...
Götterdämmerung (German: [ˈɡœtɐˌdɛməʁʊŋ] ⓘ; Twilight of the Gods), [1] WWV 86D, is the last of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung).
Siegfried (German: [ˈziːk.fʀiːt] ⓘ), WWV 86C, is the third of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung). It premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 16 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of The Ring cycle.