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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