Amazons choice for wagner ring cycle additional dvd options. Ive discarded this book, and have since ordered the individual librettos from schirmer. The mets latest effort, staged by canadian director robert lepage, has been taken out of the opera house and into cinemas all over the world, and is now available in an 8dvd set. Doom he refuses to throw the ring into the feiry abyss. His own libretto to the operas, translated by andrew porter, is an intricate system of metric patterns, imaginative metaphors and alliteration. Those for whom intervals are simply pitstops need to take a good book. The works are based loosely on characters from the norse sagas and the nibelungenlied. Alberich belongs to a race of dwarfs called the nibelungs. A superb new translation of the libretto to wagners ring cycle smiling in sorrow.
Created in 1876, this scenic festival staged in a prologue and three days, as wagner named it, consists of four operas totalling more than fifteen hours of music. These books show the original german in parallel with the english, which is. Good books and more for getting into richard wagners epic opera series. How the ring came about, and what it can be taken to mean, are considered in the essay the genesis of the ring. A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems. Europaische verlagsanstalt, hamburg 2001, isbn 3434504893. His ring is not a historical document in the sense that it rounds up the greatest exponents of wagnerian singing.
It is even possible for the orchestra to convey ideas that are hidden from the. See the complete wagners ring of the nibelung series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Wagners ring of the nibelung book series thriftbooks. Wilhelm richard wagner composer 181883 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web.
The companion is an essential, interdisciplinary tool for those both familiar and unfamiliar with wagners ring. In places, wagner tells the story with the orchestra, using leitmotifsfragments of melody that convey emotions and themes as they recur in varying contexts. His own libretto to the operas, translated by andrew porter, is an intricate system of metric patterns, imaginative. It is a powerful musicdrama on a grand scale, a full appreciation. Rudolph sabors survey of wagners life is necessarily brief, but still full of interesting details and insights, while his examination of the sources drawn on by the.
Als entwurf zu einem drama, dates from october 1848, the same year as the plan for the organization of a german national theater for the kingdom of saxony, wagners radical proposal to establish an association of dramatists and composers along with a. Book lists ring of the nibelung richard wagner opera. The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history. The nibelung, alberich, steals the gold guarded by the rhinemaidens, with the intention of fashioning a ring which will give him limitless power. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. In places, wagner tells the story with the orchestra, using leitmotifs fragments of melody that convey emotions and themes as they recur in varying contexts. Wagners complex use of the leitmotif his musical labels of people, emotions, events is clarified, and sabor introduces the reader to both the characters and the story of the ring. Wagner wrote the libretto and music over the course of about twentysix.
The ring of the nibelung by richard wagner goodreads. The composer termed the cycle a buhnenfestspiel stage festival play, structured in three days preceded by a vorabend preliminary evening. A companion offers obscure details to lure even the most avid wagnerite, but is brief and accessible enough to be of use to wagnerian newcomers as well. Vollstandige neuausgabe mit einer biographie des autors. I sing of love the ring of the nibelung, wagners epic cycle. Amazons choice recommends highly rated, wellpriced products available to ship immediately.
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