Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_Wagner's_Ring_Cycle

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:duration	about 15 hours
gptkbp:firstOpera	gptkb:Das_Rheingold
gptkbp:fourthOpera	gptkb:Götterdämmerung
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:literature film score opera staging
gptkbp:inspiredBy	gptkb:Norse_mythology Germanic legends
gptkbp:language	gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Siegfried gptkb:Brünnhilde gptkb:Hagen gptkb:Alberich gptkb:Wotan gptkb:Fricka
gptkbp:mainTheme	betrayal fate love power
gptkbp:motif	leitmotif
gptkbp:notableAria	gptkb:Brünnhilde's_Immolation_Scene gptkb:Siegfried's_Funeral_March gptkb:Ride_of_the_Valkyries
gptkbp:notableFor	performed over four consecutive nights Wagner built Bayreuth Festspielhaus for its performance
gptkbp:notableProduction	gptkb:Robert_Lepage_(Metropolitan_Opera,_2010–2012) Patrice Chéreau (Bayreuth, 1976)
gptkbp:notableRecording	gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan_(Deutsche_Grammophon,_1966–1970) gptkb:James_Levine_(Metropolitan_Opera,_1987–1991) Georg Solti (Decca, 1958–1966)
gptkbp:numberOfOperas	4
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen
gptkbp:premiereDate	1876
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Bayreuth_Festspielhaus
gptkbp:secondOpera	gptkb:Die_Walküre
gptkbp:structure	prologue and three days
gptkbp:subject	the gods heroic quests the Rhine gold the cursed ring the downfall of the gods
gptkbp:thirdOpera	gptkb:Siegfried
gptkbp:writtenBy	1848 1874
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nibelungenlied
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5