Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wagner's_Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:The_Ring_Cycle
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Norse_mythology
gptkb:Nibelungenlied
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:compositionPeriod 1848-1874
gptkbp:first_complete_performance Bayreuth, 1876
gptkbp:first_opera gptkb:Das_Rheingold
gptkbp:fourth_opera gptkb:Götterdämmerung
gptkbp:genre music drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:J.R.R._Tolkien's_The_Lord_of_the_Rings
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:libretto_published 1863
gptkbp:motif gptkb:Valhalla
gptkb:Rhinemaidens
gptkb:gold_of_the_Rhine
curse of the ring
fire and water
sword Nothung
gptkbp:notable_leitmotif gptkb:Siegfried's_Funeral_March
gptkb:Ride_of_the_Valkyries
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Brünnhilde's_Immolation_Scene
gptkb:Siegfried's_Forging_Song
gptkb:Wotan's_Farewell
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:Siegfried
gptkb:Brünnhilde
gptkb:Hagen
gptkb:Alberich
gptkb:Wotan
gptkb:Fricka
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Patrice_Chéreau's_1976_Bayreuth_production
gptkb:Robert_Lepage's_2010_Metropolitan_Opera_production
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Georg_Solti's_Decca_recording
gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan's_DG_recording
gptkb:James_Levine's_Metropolitan_Opera_recording
gptkbp:number_of_operas 4
gptkbp:premiereDate 1876
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Bayreuth_Festspielhaus
gptkbp:second_opera gptkb:Die_Walküre
gptkbp:setting mythical past
gptkbp:structure prologue and three days
gptkbp:theme power and corruption
fate and destiny
love and sacrifice
gptkbp:third_opera gptkb:Siegfried
gptkbp:total_duration about 15 hours
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Danish_Opera
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5