Das Rheingold

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Das Rheingold is the first of Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, a mythic music drama that sets the stage for the epic saga of gods, heroes, and the cursed Rhine gold.

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Das Rheingold canonical 32
Das Rheingold, Scene 1 2
Act I of Das Rheingold 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music drama
opera
associatedFestival Bayreuth Festival
basedOn Germanic mythology
Norse mythology
catalogueNumber WWV 86A
centralObject the ring forged from the Rhine gold
character Alberich
Erda
Fafner
Fasolt
Freia
linked to: Idunn

Fricka
Loge
Mime
Wotan
linked to: Odin

the Rhinemaidens
commissionedBy Ludwig II of Bavaria
composer Richard Wagner
cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
cycleOrder 1
firstCompleteRingCyclePerformance Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 1876
followedBy Die Walküre
genre music drama
opera
language German
librettist Richard Wagner
mainTheme power and its corrupting influence
the Rhine gold
linked to: Das Rheingold

the renunciation of love
notableFeature continuous music without traditional closed numbers
extensive use of leitmotifs
numberOfActs 1
openingFeature long sustained E-flat major chord depicting the Rhine
orchestration large Romantic orchestra
partOf Der Ring des Nibelungen
positionInSeries first
precededBy none in the Ring cycle
premiereCity Munich
premiereCountry Kingdom of Bavaria
premiereDate 1869-09-22
premierePlace Königliches Hof- und Nationaltheater, Munich
setting Nibelheim
Valhalla
mountain heights near the gods’ castle
the depths of the Rhine
structure four scenes
textAuthor Richard Wagner
timeOfSetting mythic prehistory
workChronology composed 1853–1854

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Das Rheingold mainTheme the Rhine gold
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Götterdämmerung precededBy Das Rheingold
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Thames-daughters hasIntertextualRelation Wagner’s Das Rheingold
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Nibelung hoard firstAppearance Das Rheingold
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Nibelheim appearsIn Das Rheingold
the renunciation of love introducedIn Das Rheingold
the renunciation of love recursIn Das Rheingold
Loge appearsIn Das Rheingold
Loge firstAppearance Das Rheingold
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Fasolt appearsIn Das Rheingold
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Fasolt hasStageAppearance Act I of Das Rheingold
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Fafner appearsIn Das Rheingold
Fafner firstAppearance Das Rheingold
Erda appearsIn Das Rheingold
Erda firstAppearance Das Rheingold
Mime appearsIn Das Rheingold
Mime firstAppearance Das Rheingold
Rhinemaidens appearsIn Das Rheingold
subject linked to: the Rhinemaidens
Rhinemaidens firstAppearance Das Rheingold, Scene 1
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Ring cycle hasPart Das Rheingold
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