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Now, what number could this be? Anyone who recognizes this as the length of the prelude to 'Das Rheingold' is already quite the Wagnerian. The beginning of 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' is a unique ...

In Das Rheingold, prelude to the great Ring cycle, Wotan, king of the gods, has mortgaged away Freia, goddess of youth and beauty, in order to build Valhalla. Wanting to get Freia out of hock, Wotan ...

Creatio ex nihilo: The Genesis, Structure, and Meaning of the "Rheingold" Prelude Creatio ex nihilo: The Genesis, Structure, and Meaning of the "Rheingold" Prelude (pp. 79-100) "Simon Boccanegra" I.

Milan: Italy's major opera houses were shut down this month, when unions, protesting government budget cuts, managed to cancel performances from Rome to Turin. The biggest casualty was the May 13 ...

Familier de la Colline verte, Samuel Youn a incarné Alberich plus de cent fois, dans neuf productions de Das Rheingold, et ...