Siegfried (opera)
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Siegfried, WWV 86C, is the third of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. It premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 16 August 1876, as part of
Jean de Reszke as Siegfried (c. 1896)
Siegfried tastes the dragon's blood (Rackham)
Siegfried awakens Brünnhilde - Otto von Richter, (1892)
Götterdämmerung
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Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, is the last of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August
Siegfried (opera)
…Siegfried Götterdämmerung The libretto of Siegfried was drafted by Wagner in November–December 1852, based on an earlier version he had prepared in May–June 1851 and originally…
Valhalla in flames, in an 1894 depiction by Max Brückner, one of the original set designers
The Norns weave the Rope of Destiny, an illustration for Wagner's Ring by Franz Stassen, 1914.
Brünnhilde is visited by her Valkyrie sister Waltraute (Arthur Rackham, 1912).
Stage design by Josef Hoffmann for original production in 1876 – Act II, Scene 2