Das Rheingold, the opening of Wagner's four-part Ring of 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.
- ISBN10 0714544361
- ISBN13 9780714544366
- Publish Date 7 February 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Alma Books Ltd
- Imprint Overture Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 100
- Language English