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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.
May 15, 2024 · Der Ring des Nibelungen, four music dramas (grand operas) by German composer Richard Wagner, all with German librettos by the composer himself. The operas are Das Rheingold (“The Rhine Gold”), Die Walküre (“The Valkyrie”), Siegfried , and Götterdämmerung (“The Twilight of the Gods”), first performed in sequence at the ...
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Dec 23, 2005 · Ring of the Nibelungs: Directed by Uli Edel. With Benno Fürmann, Kristanna Loken, Alicia Witt, Julian Sands. The legend of Siegfried and Brunhild, loosely based on characters from the Norse sagas and the pre-Christian Germanic heroic motifs outlined in the Nibelungensaga.
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Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (also known, in different cuts, formats and markets, as Ring of the Nibelungs, Die Nibelungen, Curse of the Ring and Sword of Xanten) is a 2004 German television film directed by Uli Edel and starring Benno Fürmann, Alicia Witt, Kristanna Loken and Max von Sydow.
The Ring of the Nibelung is a total work of art on a par with works of world literature such as Homer’s Iliad or Dante’s Divina commedia. It is astonishing how homogeneous this work appears to us, which was created over a period of 25 years and in a complex process of development. Content. ♪ Synopsis. ♪ Commentary. ♪ Preliminary Events. ♪ Rhinegold
- Bayreuth, 1876
- Richard Wagner, based on a wide variety of primary sources. The main ones are: Greek mythology, the Nordic Edda saga and Völsung saga, and the Germ...
- Wellgunde, Flosshilde and Woglinde, mermaids and Rhine daughters, guardians of the Rhine gold (Mezzosoprano / Alto / Soprano) – Wotan / Wanderer, g...
- DECCA with Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Christa Ludwig and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau conducted by Georg Solti and the Vienna...
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.
A meteor awakens the dragon Ffafnir, guardian of the magically cursed Nibelungen treasure. Erik wins the heart of island's passing-by queen Brunhild and slays the dragon, whose blood renders invulnerable, capturing the gold, which he entrusts to Burgundy's king Gunther, and a magical helmet which enables shape-shifting.
