Das Rheingold

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Das Rheingold is the first of Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, a mythic music drama that sets the stage for the epic saga of gods, heroes, and the cursed Rhine gold.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Das Rheingold canonical 32
Das Rheingold, Scene 1 2
Act I of Das Rheingold 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
associatedFestival Bayreuth Festival ⓘ
basedOn Germanic mythology ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
catalogueNumber WWV 86A ⓘ
centralObject the ring forged from the Rhine gold ⓘ
character Alberich ⓘ
Erda ⓘ
Fafner ⓘ
Fasolt ⓘ
Freia ⓘ
linked to: Idunn

Fricka ⓘ
Loge ⓘ
Mime ⓘ
Wotan ⓘ
linked to: Odin

the Rhinemaidens ⓘ
commissionedBy Ludwig II of Bavaria ⓘ
composer Richard Wagner ⓘ
cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
cycleOrder 1 ⓘ
firstCompleteRingCyclePerformance Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 1876 ⓘ
followedBy Die Walküre ⓘ
genre music drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Richard Wagner ⓘ
mainTheme power and its corrupting influence ⓘ
the Rhine gold ⓘ
linked to: Das Rheingold

the renunciation of love ⓘ
notableFeature continuous music without traditional closed numbers ⓘ
extensive use of leitmotifs ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
openingFeature long sustained E-flat major chord depicting the Rhine ⓘ
orchestration large Romantic orchestra ⓘ
partOf Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
positionInSeries first ⓘ
precededBy none in the Ring cycle ⓘ
premiereCity Munich ⓘ
premiereCountry Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
premiereDate 1869-09-22 ⓘ
premierePlace Königliches Hof- und Nationaltheater, Munich ⓘ
setting Nibelheim ⓘ
Valhalla ⓘ
mountain heights near the gods’ castle ⓘ
the depths of the Rhine ⓘ
structure four scenes ⓘ
textAuthor Richard Wagner ⓘ
timeOfSetting mythic prehistory ⓘ
workChronology composed 1853–1854 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Wagner → notableWork → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Richard Wagner → composerOf → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Der Ring des Nibelungen → part → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Das Rheingold → mainTheme → the Rhine gold ⓘ
linked to: Das Rheingold
Götterdämmerung → precededBy → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Die Walküre → follows → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Thames-daughters → hasIntertextualRelation → Wagner’s Das Rheingold ⓘ
linked to: Das Rheingold
Nibelung hoard → firstAppearance → Das Rheingold ⓘ
WWV 86A → refersToWork → Das Rheingold ⓘ
WWV 86A → hasTitle → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Nibelheim → appearsIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
the renunciation of love → introducedIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
the renunciation of love → recursIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Loge → appearsIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Loge → firstAppearance → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Loge → workPartOf → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Fricka → appearsIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Fasolt → appearsIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Fasolt → diesIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Fasolt → hasStageAppearance → Act I of Das Rheingold ⓘ
linked to: Das Rheingold
Fafner → appearsIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Fafner → firstAppearance → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Erda → appearsIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Erda → firstAppearance → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Mime → appearsIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Mime → firstAppearance → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Rhinemaidens → appearsIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
subject linked to: the Rhinemaidens
Rhinemaidens → firstAppearance → Das Rheingold, Scene 1 ⓘ
subject linked to: the Rhinemaidens
linked to: Das Rheingold
Ring cycle → hasPart → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Ring cycle → firstPartPremiere → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Ring cycle → prologueTitle → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Rhinemaidens → appearsIn → Das Rheingold ⓘ
Rhinemaidens → firstAppearance → Das Rheingold, Scene 1 ⓘ
linked to: Das Rheingold