
Ring of the Nibelung
A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner''s Ring cycle
The scale and grandeur of Wagner''s The Ring of the Nibelung has no precedent and no successor. It preoccupied Wagner for much of his adult life and revolutionized the nature of opera, the orchestra, the demands on singers and on the audience itself. The four operas-The Rhinegold, The Va...
A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner''s Ring cycle
The scale and grandeur of Wagner''s The Ring of the Nibelung has no precedent and no successor. It preoccupied Wagner for much of his adult life and revolutionized the nature of opera, the orchestra, the demands on singers and on the audience itself. The four operas-The Rhinegold, The Va...