Stewart Spencer, Barry Millington

Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, a companion : the full German text / with a new translation by Stewart Spencer and commentaries by Barry Millington, Elizabeth Magee, Roger Hollinrake and Warren Darcy. - New York : Thames and Hudson, c1993. - 383 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

The libretto in parallel German and English.

Bibliography: p. 376-381.P.

'Or strike at me now as I strangle thy knee' : a note on the text and translation / Stewart Spencer -- Wagner's revolutionary musical reforms / Barry Millington -- 'What shall we do for a ring? / Barry Millington -- In pursuit of the purely human : the 'Ring' and its medieval sources / Elizabeth Magee -- Epiphany and apocalypse in the 'Ring' / Roger Hollinrake -- 'The world belongs to Alberich!' : Wagner's changing attitute towards the 'Ring' / Warren Darcy -- The ring of the Nibelung / translated by Stewart Spencer.

0500015678 0500281947 (pbk.)


Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Libretto. English & German.


Operas--Analysis, appreciation.
Operas--Librettos.

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