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22 Αυγ 2018 · Dwarves, incest, theft, betrayal, epic orchestral forces and high drama – opera rarely get bigger and more bombastic than the Ring Cycle. Composed between 1851-1874, it was an amalgam of Old Norse myths and the Songs of the Nibelungs, the first Old German classic to be written down.
Wagner’s legendary four-part Ring cycle poses the ultimate challenge for any opera company. Below is an article examining the Met’s groundbreaking staging by Robert Lepage, which premiered over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons.
Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from Germanic heroic legend, namely Norse legendary sagas and the Nibelungenlied.
A new production of the Ring Cycle completed in 1989 at the Met, conducted by James Levine and directed by Otto Schenk, with designs by Günther Schneider-Siemssen, presented a realistic staging that became wildly popular with audiences, even as re-interpretive styles became the rule in Europe.
7 Μαρ 2015 · If any work of art deserves to be called epic—in its conception, creation, and influence—it’s the quartet of operas that make up the Ring. As prelude to the 2016 Ring cycle presented by Washington National Opera, Fred Plotkin explores the works in a day highlighted by glorious musical and film recordings.
This complete set of the Ring Cycle, made during performances in Wagner's theatre at Bayreuth, remains one of the greatest 'Rings' on record. Legendary Wagner singers Theo Adam as Wotan and Birgit Nilsson as Brühnnhilde lead an outstanding cast in this fast-moving and dramatic reading by conductor Karl Böhm.
The Ring cycle is back at the Metropolitan Opera this spring, alluring Wagner die-hards to the New York house with “Hojotoho”-ing Valkyries, rainbow bridges, and the 45-ton centerpiece known...
