Das Rheingold = The Rhinegold / Richard Wagner.

Author/creator Wagner, Richard
Format Book
EditionNew edition.
Publication InfoRichmond : Overture Publishing, 2011.
Description96 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

Included WorkWagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold Libretto. English.
Included WorkWagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold Libretto. German.
Included WorkPorter, Andrew, 1928-2015, translator.
Included WorkJohn, Nicholas, editor.
Other author/creatorEnglish National Opera.
Variant title Rhinegold
SeriesOpera guides ; 35
Opera guide ; 35. ^A176004
Contents The beginning of The Ring / John Deathridge -- The Rhinegold: the music / Roger North -- Language and sources of The Ring / Stewart Spencer -- Thematic guide / Lionel Friend -- Das Rheingold / poem by Richard Wagner ; English translation by Andrew Porter -- Discography / Cathy Peterson.
Abstract Das Rheingold, the opening of Wagner's four-part The Ring of the Nibelung, stands out as more genteel and picturesque than the others. But it immediately establishes the huge scale of the overall work, and the extraordinary musical language that will be displayed throughout. It is a miracle of musical history that Wagner's 1850 conception could be brought to completion, in an organic whole, some twenty-five years later. Stewart Spencer discusses the way in which Wagner fuses genuine mythology with his own invention and John Deathridge places the opera in the context of The Ring and its century.
General noteEnglish translation by Andrew Porter.
General noteThis Opera guide first published by John Calder (Publishers) Ltd in 1985.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and discography.
LanguageText in English and German.
ISBN9780714544366 (paperback)