The composer termed the cycle a buhnenfestspiel stage festival play, structured in three days preceded by a vorabend preliminary evening. Brunnhildes immolation scene gwyneth jones wagner youtube. Nibelungen bij het lezen van richard wagners eigen teksten. Directed by harry kupfer, with designs by hans schavernoch.
The first complete recording of wagners ring cycle conducted by sir georg solti was possible due to a number of recent advances in recording technology. Als brunnhilde stond er niemand minder dan kirsten flagstad op het toneel. However, despite wagner s very similar views as to the function of drama, visavis the greeks, he had slightly more complicated opinions about dramas structure, and the conventions through which it should be carried out. Part of its appeal lies in the operas focus on some of the rings most. His own libretto to the operas, translated by andrew porter, is an intricate system of metric patterns, imaginative metaphors and alliteration. Richard wagner a retelling of the story of richard wagner s ring cycle.
Richard wagner a retelling of the story of richard wagners ring cycle. It is even possible for the orchestra to convey ideas that are hidden from the. Rheingold zusammenfassung in 10 satzen richard wagner. Order from your preferred classical music cd store. Wotan had fathered twin children with a mortal woman, a male called siegmund and a female called sieglinde. The story of wagners ring cycle sounds quite fantastic and strange, like a fairy tale. The composition of the text took place between 1848 and 1853, when all four libretti were privately printed. The nibelung, alberich, steals the gold guarded by the rhinemaidens, with the intention of fashioning a ring which will give him limitless power. The works are based loosely on characters from the norse sagas and the nibelungenlied. Wagner wrote the libretto and music over the course of about twentysix. These mythical nibelung poems expressed many of the. The characters are well cast so that the singers give strong and active presentations of the characters that they portray. Siegmund, who has helped a woman being forced into marriage, is fleeing enemies and traveling under the assumed name wehwalt meaning woeful.