der ring des nibelungen richard wagner (1813 – 1883). wanted to be a dramatist, heard beethoven...
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
• Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883).
• Wanted to be a dramatist, heard Beethoven and changed his mind: “music-drama”!
• First marriage, Minna, infidelity and debt.
• 1848 Revolution, exile in Zürich, new operatic style with Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Meistersinger.
• Mathilde and Tristan und Isolde (1852-63), debt.
• Ludwig II of Bavaria (64), money, Cosima von Bülow (daughter of Liszt). Munich and Bayreuth.
• Festspielhaus opens 1876 with Ring Cycle.
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
• A tetralogy, one of the most ambitious artistic works ever undertaken, composed from 1848–1874; a form of “music-drama.”
• Requires c. 15 hours to perform all 4 operas.
• New, creative retelling of Germanic myth and legend (and fairy tale), combining elements from the Poetic Edda, Thidriks saga, Volsunga saga, Nibelungenlied, and Grimms’ fairy tales.
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
• Musical innovations by Wagner.• Theatrical innovations by Wagner.• Ring Cycle is durchkomponiert, each act is
a complete song without breaks. • Gesamtkunstwerk – combining all of the arts
into an artistic unity.• Wagner used Leitmotifs – long stretches of music
composed only of Leitmotifs.• New instruments created especially for this work:• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvA54D2Gz3E
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
• King Ludwig II of Bavaria sponsored Wagner and his opera house.
• Bayreuth Festspielhaus opened in 1876 with the first complete performance of the Ring Cycle.
• Still performed every year in Bayreuth.• Wagner extremely influential in 20th century
opera, concert music, and film scores.• Wagner’s music never performed in Israel.
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This work contains some of the most memorable music every written.
http://ringcycle.metoperafamily.org/behind_the_scenes/music
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
The four operas in the Ring cycle are:
•Das Rheingold The Rhinegold
•Die Walküre The Valkyrie
•Siegfried Siegfried
•Götterdämmerung Twilight of the Gods
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Das Rheingold
Scene 1 Rhein Maidens
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Das Rheingold
Rhein Maidens Rhein Maidens
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Das Rheingold
Rhein Maidens Scene 2
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Das Rheingold
Scene 3 Scene 4
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Die Walküre
ACT I. ACT II.
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Die Walküre
Siegmund and Sieglinde ACT III.
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Die Walküre
Images of Valkyries
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Die Walküre
Images of Valkyries
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Die Walküre
Images of Valkyries
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Siegfried
ACT I. ACT II.
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Siegfried
Siegfried and Brünhilde Virginia Wolf as Brünhilde
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Götterdämmerung
Prelude ACT I.
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Götterdämmerung
ACT II. ACT II.
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Götterdämmerung
ACT III. ACT III.
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What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1atzuy_what-s-opera-doc_shortfilms