The Ring of the Niblung

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Ring of the Niblung by Richard Wagner. (Translated by Margaret Armour.) Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers An English language dramatic reading of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Niblung) referred to by the composer as a Bühnenfestspiel ("stage festival play"). Wagner was both composer and librettist for the epic dramas comprising "the Ring Cycle". His intent was that a prelude, Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), should be performed of an evening and that the trilogy of Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried and Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) should thence be performed on the three succeeding days. - Summary by Brian Fullen For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (205MB)

Directors & creators

Richard Wagner

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;operas; libretti; epic music dramas; legendary sagas; germanic heroic legend

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