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Автор: Hadden J. Cuthbert
Название: The Ring of the Nibelung
ISBN: 9780368882517
Издательство: Blurb
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Модернистская и современная художественная литература

ISBN-10: 0368882519
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 60
Вес: 0.25 кг.
Дата издания: 31.05.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152 x 6
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: A concise and easily-readable summary of the plot of the epic four-cycle Richard Wagner Opera, collectively known as the Ring of the Nibelung. Designed to make the plots of the four cycles (or dramatic operas) as easy to follow as possible, the author deals with each opera in its chronological order: The Rhine Gold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. These four operas are based on stories in the Nibelungenlied, an epic poem in Middle High German drawn from ancient Germanic heroic motifs. The Nibelung of the title is the dwarf Alberich, and the ring in question is the one he forged from the Rhine Gold, a hoard held in trust by the Rhine Maidens. The storyline is centred on the fate that the ring-which possesses magical powers-has over its owners destinies. The ring is stolen from Alberich by the chief of the gods, Wotan, with the assistance of the god Loge, but Wotan is in turn forced to hand it over to the giants Fafner and Fasolt as payment for the building of Valhalla. It is Wotans scheming and efforts to regain the ring which make up much of the rest of the storyline. His grandson, the mortal Siegfried, eventually takes the ring after killing Fafner (who first killed Fasolt for possession of the ring), but the hero Siegfried is himself killed as a result of treachery by Alberichs son Hagen. In the dramatic final opera, the Valkyrie Br nnhilde, who is also Siegfrieds lover and Wotans daughter, returns the ring to the Rhine maidens as she commits suicide on Siegfrieds funeral pyre-and Hagen is drowned in an attempt to recover the ring. At the same time, the gods and Valhalla are destroyed in a mighty final scene, the G tterd mmerung. Highly recommended for anyone wishing to gain a primary understanding of the storyline and meaning of the various operas of the Ring, and perfect as an introduction to the Wagnerian culture.

The Ring of the Nibelung, Hadden J. Cuthbert