Der Ring des Nibelungen

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music drama opera cycle

Der Ring des Nibelungen is Richard Wagner’s monumental four-opera cycle inspired by Germanic and Norse mythology, renowned as one of the most ambitious works in the operatic repertoire.

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Label Occurrences
Der Ring des Nibelungen canonical 8
Der Ring des Nibelungen (Bayreuth, 1976) 1
Der Ring des Nibelungen (Metropolitan Opera production) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music drama ⓘ
opera cycle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
surface form: The Nibelung’s Ring

Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
surface form: The Ring Cycle

Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
surface form: The Ring of the Nibelung
basedOn Germanic mythology ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
centralObject Nibelung hoard ⓘ
magic ring ⓘ
commissionedBy Ludwig II of Bavaria ⓘ
surface form: King Ludwig II of Bavaria
composer Richard Wagner ⓘ
composerBirthplace Leipzig ⓘ
compositionPeriod approximately 1848–1874 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
firstCompleteCyclePremiere 13 August 1876 ⓘ
firstOperaOrderInCycle Das Rheingold ⓘ
fourthOperaOrderInCycle Götterdämmerung ⓘ
genre music drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
influenced 20th-century film music ⓘ
late Romantic opera ⓘ
influencedBy Nibelungenlied ⓘ
Poetic Edda ⓘ
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs ⓘ
surface form: Völsunga saga
language German ⓘ
librettist Richard Wagner ⓘ
mainCharacter Alberich ⓘ
Brünnhilde ⓘ
Siegfried ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
surface form: Wotan
notableVenue Bayreuth Festival ⓘ
numberOfParts 4 ⓘ
part Das Rheingold ⓘ
Die Walküre ⓘ
Götterdämmerung ⓘ
Siegfried ⓘ
premiereLocation Festspielhaus Bayreuth ⓘ
surface form: Bayreuth Festspielhaus
secondOperaOrderInCycle Die Walküre ⓘ
theme curse ⓘ
end of the gods ⓘ
love ⓘ
power ⓘ
renunciation ⓘ
thirdOperaOrderInCycle Siegfried ⓘ
totalPerformanceTime approximately 15 hours ⓘ
uses leitmotifs ⓘ
worldPremiere 1876 ⓘ

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Richard Wagner → notableWork → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
Richard Wagner → composerOf → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
Robert Lepage → directed → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Metropolitan Opera production)
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs → relatedWork → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
Der Ring des Nibelungen → alsoKnownAs → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Ring of the Nibelung
Der Ring des Nibelungen → alsoKnownAs → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Ring Cycle
Der Ring des Nibelungen → alsoKnownAs → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nibelung’s Ring
Das Rheingold → partOf → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
Das Rheingold → cycle → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
Götterdämmerung → partOf → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
Götterdämmerung → concludesStoryOf → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ring of the Nibelung
Götterdämmerung → notableSection → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Patrice Chéreau → notableWork → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Bayreuth, 1976)
Die Walküre → partOf → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
Die Walküre → cycle → Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ