Author by: Richard Wagner Language: en Publisher by: Phaidon Inc Ltd Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 28 Total Download: 408 File Size: 43,6 Mb Description: Richard Wagner's vast Ring cycle, comprising four full-length operas, is arguably the most extraordinary achievement in the history of opera. The libretto to the work is more than a literary work of art; its intricate system of metric patterns, imaginative metaphors, ample use of alliteration and its singability combine to create something unique - the music is in the text. This series provides not only a new translation of the libretto but also a guide through the labyrinth of the Ring, clarifying its literary and musical idiom and significance.
The fundamental element of Wagner's music is the leitmotif, a short theme or motif associated with a particular person, object, event or idea. Each opera presents a panoply of these 'musical labels', which act as a unifying device, both dramatically and musically. The author clarifies Wagner's complex use of the leitmotif in the Ring and his translations of the libretto, uniquely, signal the appearance of each leitmotif in the margin running alongside the libretto. The books can be enjoyed individually or as a series; either way they will equip the Wagner enthusiast with a fund of information to make the Ring journey more rewarding. Each libretto volume offers scene-by-scene synopses, introductions to all the new leitmotifs of that scene, a bibliography and selective discography. The translation runs side-by-side with the German text, the margins identifying the motifs and offering a running commentary on the action. This companion volume to the librettos offers essays, surveys and summaries - designed to inform, enlighten, and occasionally, provoke.
In this prodigious treasury of information, topics discussed range from the genesisand literary sources of the Ring to its performance history. Author by: Richard Wagner Language: en Publisher by: Forgotten Books Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 88 Total Download: 558 File Size: 51,9 Mb Description: Excerpt from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie 11 greefii/b twilight, lighter above than below. The upper part is filled with undulating water, whzch reams re leyily from right to lcfi. Towards the bottom the waves resolve themselves znto a my? Which grows finer as it descends, so that a space, as high as a man's body from the ground, appears to be quite free from the water, which oats lihe a train of clouds over the gloomy retch below.
Steep rochy peats jut up everywhere from the depths, and enclose the entire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.
In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.' Author by: Richard Wagner Language: en Publisher by: Forgotten Books Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 32 Total Download: 958 File Size: 50,5 Mb Description: Excerpt from Das Rheingold (the Rhinegold): A Music-Drama in Four Scenes; Prelude to the Trilogy 'Der Ring Des Nibelungen' (The Nibelung's Ring) Greenish twilight, lighter above, darker below. The upper part of the scene is filled with moving water, which ows restlessly from R. Towards the bottom, the water resolves itself into a fine mist, so that a space rising from the bottom of the river to a man's height seems free from the water which ows like a train of clouds over the gloomy depths. Every where steep points of rock jut up from the depths, and form as it were a framework for the stage. The bottom is broken up into a wild chaos of jagged rock, so that no part of it is level.
On all sides darker spots suggest deeper fissures. Round a rock in the centre of the stage, whence its peak rises high in the lighter water, one of the rhine daughters is seen swimming merrily.
About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.' Author by: Warren Darcy Language: en Publisher by: Oxford University Press Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 98 Total Download: 105 File Size: 43,9 Mb Description: Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold is a milestone in the composer's output and in the history of music in general.
It marked Wagner's return to operatic composition after a hiatus of five years, and signified his definitive break with earlier operatic conventions. It also represents a reconsideration of the whole question of dramatic-musical form, and the role of tonality in articulating this form. Warren Darcy traces here the genesis of Das Rheingold through the various textual and musical sketches and drafts to the full score, and also develops a theoretical framework within which the opera may be meaningfully analyzed. Using Wagner's manuscripts as a point of departure, Darcy discusses the formal, harmonic, and linear structure of the work. In so doing, he challenges a number of contemporary views about the opera, esppecially those of Carl Dahlhaus. Author by: Richard Wagner Language: en Publisher by: Forgotten Books Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 37 Total Download: 942 File Size: 46,7 Mb Description: Excerpt from The Rhinegold (Das Rheingold): Prologue to the Trilogy the Ring of the Nibelung (Vorspiel Zu Der Trilogie Der Ring Des Nibelungen) Bound a rock in the centre 'of the stage, wh'e'nce its peak rises high into the lighter water, one of the rhine-nymphs is seen mer rily swimming. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
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Das Rheingold Libretto In German And English
Synopsis SCENE 1. Deep in the Rhine, three of the river's daughters, custodians of a golden treasure, laugh while they play, scarcely noticing when Alberich emerges from a crevice. Seized by desire, the gnome tries to catch the Rhinemaidens as they dart through the waters, but his clumsy attempts lead to frustration. Taunts from his quarry merely quicken the Nibelung's lust and anger. Suddenly sunlight illuminates the summit of a rock — the Rhinegold. Hailing the precious hoard, the nymphs are astonished that Alberich does not know what it represents. The Rhinegold is all-powerful, they explain to him, and were it fashioned into a Ring, the wearer would rule the world.
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But the gold is safe, they continue confidently, for whoever would steal the treasure must renounce love. The Nibelung vows to seize the gold. Scrambling up the rock, Alberich forswears love, wrests the prize free and escapes. The waters are plunged into darkness as the Rhinemaidens lament their loss. As the sun rises over a mountainous plateau, Fricka and Wotan slumber on a bank of flowers. A fortress, their new home, gleams in the distance. When the two gods awaken, Wotan hails the building as a fulfillment of his dreams.
Fricka reproaches her husband for having promised her sister Freia to the giants Fafner and Fasolt as payment for constructing the castle. Wotan replies that he never meant to keep the bargain. As the terrified Freia runs in, pursued by Fafner and Fasolt, Wotan says Loge (fire) will help the gods out of their dilemma.
The giants advance to claim their reward. When Wotan protests he made the pact in jest, that they must settle for another fee, Fasolt, smitten with Freia, balks. Fafner, intrigued that the loss of Freia's golden apples would cost the gods their eternal youth and therefore their power, decides the goddess must be abducted. As the giants drag her away, Froh (spring) and Donner (thunder) bar their path, Donner brandishing his hammer. Wotan intervenes, saying all treaties are guaranteed on his spear. Denied Freia's golden apples, the gods begin to age. Das Rheingold.
The complete 2012 production from the Bavarian State Opera. Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor SCENE 4. Once more on the plateau, Loge and Wotan inform their prisoner he cannot go free without forfeiting his hoard as ransom. Though outraged, he acquiesces, certain that through the Ring he can replenish his fortune. Loge unties his right hand, enabling Alberich to kiss the Ring to summon his slaves, who haul up the gold. The gods' command obeyed, he asks for the return of the Tarnhelm, but Loge says the gods will keep it.
Das Rheingold Libretto
Wotan adds that the Ring also must be part of the booty, reminding the gnome that it was not rightfully his. Alberich retorts that Wotan is as much a thief as he, but this does not prevent the god from tearing the Ring from Alberich's finger. As Loge unfastens the Nibelung's bonds, the embittered gnome hurls forth a curse on the Ring: until it returns to his hand, may care, envy and death befall all who possess it. Alberich disappears as the other gods approach, followed by the giants with their hostage, Freia. Nvidia geforce 9300m gs driver. Saddened at losing the goddess, Fasolt agrees to accept the Nibelung hoard only if it hides her from his view. The brothers thrust their clubs into the ground to support the treasure, which Loge and Froh heap up in front of Freia.
Fafner complains that the gold is not quite enough — he can still see Freia's hair through a crack — forcing Loge to add the Tarnhelm to the hoard. Then Fasolt complains he can see the gleam of Freia's eye through a chink. At this Fafner demands the Ring, now on Wotan's finger.
When Wotan refuses, the giants pull Freia from behind the hoard to abduct her. But darkness covers the mountaintop as a cleft in the ground opens and Erda materializes, roused from perpetual sleep by the conflict. The earth goddess warns Wotan to yield the Ring, which spells doom for the gods.
Das Rheingold Libretto In German And English
Persuaded, Wotan tosses the Ring onto the hoard, whereupon Freia is released. At once Alberich's curse takes effect: the brothers quarrel over the spoils. Fafner kills Fasolt, claiming Ring, Tarnhelm and hoard for himself. After he has gone, Fricka bids Wotan turn his thoughts to their new home. Donner summons lightning and thunder to dispel thick mists that have enveloped the mountaintop. As the heavens clear, a rainbow forms a bridge to the fortress. Noting how the setting sun gilds the noble structure, Wotan tells Fricka their abode is called Valhalla.
As Wotan leads the other gods across the rainbow — all except Loge, who mutters that they are going to their doom — the Rhinemaidens are heard from the valley below, grieving for their lost treasure.
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