Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_Wagner's_opera_cycle_Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Norse_mythology
gptkb:Nibelungenlied
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:compositionPeriod 1848–1874
gptkbp:consistsOf gptkb:Siegfried
gptkb:Das_Rheingold
gptkb:Götterdämmerung
gptkb:Die_Walküre
gptkbp:duration approximately 15 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Bayreuth_Festival
gptkbp:genre music drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:literature
gptkb:opera
film score
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:libretto_published 1863
gptkbp:motif leitmotif
gptkbp:notable_set_piece gptkb:Immolation_Scene
gptkb:Siegfried's_Funeral_March
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Ride_of_the_Valkyries
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:Siegfried
gptkb:Brünnhilde
gptkb:Hagen
gptkb:Alberich
gptkb:Fafner
gptkb:Fasolt
gptkb:Loge
gptkb:Wotan
gptkb:Fricka
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Hans_Richter
gptkb:Wilhelm_Furtwängler
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Patrice_Chéreau's_1976_Bayreuth_production
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Georg_Solti's_Decca_recording
gptkbp:premiereDate 1876
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Bayreuth_Festspielhaus
gptkbp:structure four operas
gptkbp:subject mythical creatures
heroes
gods
the cursed ring
gptkbp:theme betrayal
fate
love
power
redemption
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Siegfried_and_the_Rhine_Maidens
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6