Ring cycle

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The Ring cycle is Richard Wagner’s monumental four-opera epic based on Germanic and Norse mythology, renowned as one of the most ambitious works in the operatic repertoire.

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Ring Cycle 2
Ring cycle canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera cycle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
basedOn Germanic mythology ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
centralObject Nibelung hoard ⓘ
magic ring ⓘ
completeCyclePremiereCity Bayreuth ⓘ
completeCyclePremiereCountry Germany ⓘ
completeCyclePremiereLocation Bayreuth Festspielhaus ⓘ
completeCyclePremiereYear 1876 ⓘ
composer Richard Wagner ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1874 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1848 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
creator Richard Wagner ⓘ
dayOneTitle Die Walküre ⓘ
dayThreeTitle Götterdämmerung ⓘ
dayTwoTitle Siegfried ⓘ
firstPartPremiere Das Rheingold ⓘ
fourthPartPremiere Götterdämmerung ⓘ
genre music drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
hasPart Das Rheingold ⓘ
Die Walküre ⓘ
Götterdämmerung ⓘ
Siegfried ⓘ
influencedBy Nibelungenlied ⓘ
Poetic Edda ⓘ
Völsunga saga ⓘ
librettist Richard Wagner ⓘ
notableCharacter Alberich ⓘ
Brünnhilde ⓘ
Fricka ⓘ
Hagen ⓘ
Siegfried ⓘ
Wotan ⓘ
notableFeature use of leitmotifs ⓘ
notableVenue Bayreuth Festival ⓘ
numberOfOperas 4 ⓘ
orchestration large orchestra ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
prologueTitle Das Rheingold ⓘ
secondPartPremiere Die Walküre ⓘ
setting mythical world of gods, heroes, and dwarfs ⓘ
structure prologue and three days ⓘ
textAuthor Richard Wagner ⓘ
thirdPartPremiere Siegfried ⓘ
titleInGerman Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 15 hours ⓘ

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Götterdämmerung → cycle → Ring cycle ⓘ
Fafner → cyclePartOf → Ring Cycle ⓘ
linked to: Ring cycle
Erda → fictionalUniverse → Ring Cycle ⓘ
linked to: Ring cycle