WWV 86A

E803391

WWV 86A is the catalogue number assigned to Richard Wagner’s opera "Das Rheingold," the prologue to his monumental Ring cycle.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
WWV 86A canonical 1
WWV 86B 1
WWV86A 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis entry
musical work catalogue number
alsoKnownAs WWV86A
linked to: WWV 86A
alternativeTitle Vorabend des Bühnenfestspiels Der Ring des Nibelungen
associatedPeriod Romantic era
associatedWithLibrettist Richard Wagner
catalogueSystem Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis
composer Richard Wagner
countryOfOrigin Germany
cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
genre music drama
hasActs one continuous act
hasForm through-composed opera
hasKeyMotifs Curse motif
Nature motif
Rheingold motif
Ring motif
Valhalla motif
linked to: Valhalla
hasTitle Das Rheingold
languageOfWork German
linkedToWorkNumber WWV 86B
WWV 86C
WWV 86D
narrativeFunction introduces the Ring cycle’s mythological world
presents the origin of the Ring and its curse
partOf Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis
partOfLargerWork Der Ring des Nibelungen
positionInCycle prologue
principalCharacters Alberich
Erda
Fafner
Fasolt
Fricka
Loge
The Rhinemaidens
linked to: the Rhinemaidens

Wotan
refersToWork Das Rheingold
setting The depths of the Rhine and the heights of the gods’ realm
subject Germanic mythology
Norse mythology
workType opera

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Die Walküre catalogueNumber WWV 86B
linked to: WWV 86A
WWV 86A alsoKnownAs WWV86A
linked to: WWV 86A