Inside the Ring: Essays on Wagner's Opera Cycle: John.
It is often referred to as the Ring cycle, Wagner's Ring, or simply The Ring. Wagner wrote the libretto and music over the course of about twenty-six years, from 1848 to 1874. The four parts that constitute the Ring cycle are, in sequence: Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold).
Essays and criticism on Richard Wagner - Critical Essays. Richard Wagner 1813-1883 German dramatist, composer, and essayist. The following entry presents criticism on Wagner from 1984 through 1999.
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The Next Ring at Seattle Opera. Seattle Opera has a long history of performing Wagner's Ring Cycle starting in 1975, with the most recent performances in August 2013. Building a new production of the Ring is a significant financial commitment for any opera company and will require a substantial fundraising campaign to create and present an entire cycle.. Given the costs and the planning.
Today at my university, one of our music professors gave a seminar over the ring cycle by Richard Wagner and how it compares to that of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. He seemed pretty adamant that the connections between the two were uncanny and could not be possible unless Tolkien had taken some signifigant influence from these operas by Wagner.
The Ring begins with music that evokes the very dawn of time. Set in a world populated by dwarfs and giants, gods and river-maidens, Wagner’s epic masterpiece The Ring Cycle is a cycle of four operas based on ancient Nordic and German legends with a compelling cast of heroes and features some of the most famous and influential music ever written.
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