Das Rheingold

E229315
music drama opera

Das Rheingold is the first of Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, a mythic music drama that sets the stage for the epic saga of gods, heroes, and the cursed Rhine gold.

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Label Occurrences
Das Rheingold canonical 6
the Rhine gold 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
associatedFestival Bayreuth Festival ⓘ
basedOn Germanic mythology ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
catalogueNumber WWV 86A ⓘ
centralObject the ring forged from the Rhine gold ⓘ
character Alberich ⓘ
Erda ⓘ
Fafner ⓘ
Fasolt ⓘ
Idunn ⓘ
surface form: Freia

Fricka ⓘ
Loge ⓘ
Mime ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
surface form: Wotan

the Rhinemaidens ⓘ
commissionedBy Ludwig II of Bavaria ⓘ
composer Richard Wagner ⓘ
cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
cycleOrder 1 ⓘ
firstCompleteRingCyclePerformance Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 1876 ⓘ
followedBy Die Walküre ⓘ
genre music drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Richard Wagner ⓘ
mainTheme power and its corrupting influence ⓘ
Das Rheingold self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: the Rhine gold

the renunciation of love ⓘ
notableFeature continuous music without traditional closed numbers ⓘ
extensive use of leitmotifs ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
openingFeature long sustained E-flat major chord depicting the Rhine ⓘ
orchestration large Romantic orchestra ⓘ
partOf Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
positionInSeries first ⓘ
precededBy none in the Ring cycle ⓘ
premiereCity Munich ⓘ
premiereCountry Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
premiereDate 1869-09-22 ⓘ
premierePlace National Theatre Munich ⓘ
surface form: Königliches Hof- und Nationaltheater, Munich
setting Nibelheim ⓘ
Valhalla ⓘ
mountain heights near the gods’ castle ⓘ
the depths of the Rhine ⓘ
structure four scenes ⓘ
textAuthor Richard Wagner ⓘ
timeOfSetting mythic prehistory ⓘ
workChronology composed 1853–1854 ⓘ

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Richard Wagner → notableWork → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Richard Wagner → composerOf → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Der Ring des Nibelungen → part → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Der Ring des Nibelungen → firstOperaOrderInCycle → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Das Rheingold → mainTheme → Das Rheingold self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Rhine gold
Götterdämmerung → precededBy → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Die Walküre → follows → Das Rheingold ⓘ