Ring cycle
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The Ring cycle is Richard Wagner’s monumental four-opera epic based on Germanic and Norse mythology, renowned as one of the most ambitious works in the operatic repertoire.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera cycle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Der Ring des Nibelungen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Germanic mythology
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Norse mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralObject |
Nibelung hoard
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magic ring ⓘ |
| completeCyclePremiereCity | Bayreuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completeCyclePremiereCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completeCyclePremiereLocation | Bayreuth Festspielhaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completeCyclePremiereYear | 1876 ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndYear | 1874 ⓘ |
| compositionStartYear | 1848 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dayOneTitle | Die Walküre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dayThreeTitle | Götterdämmerung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dayTwoTitle | Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPartPremiere | Das Rheingold GENERATED ⓘ |
| fourthPartPremiere | Götterdämmerung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
music drama
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opera ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Das Rheingold
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ⓘ
Die Walküre NERFINISHED ⓘ Götterdämmerung NERFINISHED ⓘ Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Nibelungenlied
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Poetic Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ Völsunga saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| librettist | Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Alberich
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Brünnhilde NERFINISHED ⓘ Fricka NERFINISHED ⓘ Hagen NERFINISHED ⓘ Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ Wotan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | use of leitmotifs ⓘ |
| notableVenue | Bayreuth Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfOperas | 4 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large orchestra ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prologueTitle | Das Rheingold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondPartPremiere | Die Walküre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | mythical world of gods, heroes, and dwarfs ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and three days ⓘ |
| textAuthor | Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdPartPremiere | Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInGerman | Der Ring des Nibelungen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceDuration | approximately 15 hours ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.