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Götterdämmerung: The Dusk of the Gods; Music Drama in Three Acts and a Prelude; Third Day of the Trilogy the Nibelung's Ring (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Gotterdammerung: The Dusk Of The Gods; Music Drama in Three Acts And A Prelude; Third Day Of The Trilogy "The Nibelung's Ring
Prelude. On the Valkyrie's rock, by night, sit the Nornir (Fates) weaving their rope of runes. It breaks and they disappear, knowing that the End of the gods is at hand. At day-dawn Siegfried rises to part from his beloved Brynhildr and go to fresh exploits. At parting he gives her his famous Ring and she gives him her horse in return.
Act I. He comes to the Hall of the Gibichungs on the Rhine, where live the king Gunther, his sister Gudrun and their half-brother Hagen, the son of Alberic. These, for their own purposes, give Siegfried a magic draught of forgetfulness. He swears brotherhood to Gunther, forgets Brynhildr, falls in love with Gudrun and, in return for her hand, consents to go through the fire and fetch Brynhildr as a wife for Gunther, who cannot perform the feat himself.
Brynhildr, awaiting Siegfried's return, is visited by her sister Valtrauta, who implores her to restore the fatal Ring to the Rhine, as the only means of saving the gods, who are now expecting their doom; but Brynhildr, being an outcast from Valhalla, regards her love-pledge as of more value than all the gods, and refuses: Valtrauta flies away in despair, Siegfried, taking Gunther's shape, by virtue of the Tarnhelm, appears to the horror-stricken Brynhildr and demands a husband's rights. She resists fiercely, but is conquered by his tearing from her finger the Ring, which gave her supernatural strength. Siegfried weds her, but lays his sword between them, as his oath to Gunther demands.
Act II. Alberic visits his son Hagen in a dream and bids him strive to kill Siegfried and obtain the Ring. Siegfried, followed later by Gunther and Brynhildr, returns to the Gibichungs' Hall and all the vassals are summoned to rejoice at the double wedding. Brynhildr, being brought face to face with Siegfried in his own shape, perceives the Ring upon his finger and proclaims to all that she has been betrayed. Explanations, purposely confused by Hagen, only make it appear that Siegfried has failed in his oath to Gunther, whereupon Hagen persuades Brynhildr and Gunther to consent to his murder.
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Prelude. On the Valkyrie's rock, by night, sit the Nornir (Fates) weaving their rope of runes. It breaks and they disappear, knowing that the End of the gods is at hand. At day-dawn Siegfried rises to part from his beloved Brynhildr and go to fresh exploits. At parting he gives her his famous Ring and she gives him her horse in return.
Act I. He comes to the Hall of the Gibichungs on the Rhine, where live the king Gunther, his sister Gudrun and their half-brother Hagen, the son of Alberic. These, for their own purposes, give Siegfried a magic draught of forgetfulness. He swears brotherhood to Gunther, forgets Brynhildr, falls in love with Gudrun and, in return for her hand, consents to go through the fire and fetch Brynhildr as a wife for Gunther, who cannot perform the feat himself.
Brynhildr, awaiting Siegfried's return, is visited by her sister Valtrauta, who implores her to restore the fatal Ring to the Rhine, as the only means of saving the gods, who are now expecting their doom; but Brynhildr, being an outcast from Valhalla, regards her love-pledge as of more value than all the gods, and refuses: Valtrauta flies away in despair, Siegfried, taking Gunther's shape, by virtue of the Tarnhelm, appears to the horror-stricken Brynhildr and demands a husband's rights. She resists fiercely, but is conquered by his tearing from her finger the Ring, which gave her supernatural strength. Siegfried weds her, but lays his sword between them, as his oath to Gunther demands.
Act II. Alberic visits his son Hagen in a dream and bids him strive to kill Siegfried and obtain the Ring. Siegfried, followed later by Gunther and Brynhildr, returns to the Gibichungs' Hall and all the vassals are summoned to rejoice at the double wedding. Brynhildr, being brought face to face with Siegfried in his own shape, perceives the Ring upon his finger and proclaims to all that she has been betrayed. Explanations, purposely confused by Hagen, only make it appear that Siegfried has failed in his oath to Gunther, whereupon Hagen persuades Brynhildr and Gunther to consent to his murder.
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First published January 1, 1907
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Richard Wagner
3,351 books184 followersGermanic legends often based romantic operas of especially known composer Richard Wagner, who worked
Tannhäuser
(1845) and the tetralogy
Der Ring des Nibelungen
(1853-1876).
From 1872, Richard Wagner lived at Bayreuth to 1883 and designed the opera house, used chiefly for performances of his works.
Works of Jacques Martin Barzun include Darwin, Marx, Wagner (1941).
Wilhelm Richard Wagner conducted, directed theater, and authored essays, primarily for his later called "music dramas." Unlike most other greats, Wagner wrote the scenario and libretto.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
From 1872, Richard Wagner lived at Bayreuth to 1883 and designed the opera house, used chiefly for performances of his works.
Works of Jacques Martin Barzun include Darwin, Marx, Wagner (1941).
Wilhelm Richard Wagner conducted, directed theater, and authored essays, primarily for his later called "music dramas." Unlike most other greats, Wagner wrote the scenario and libretto.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
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December 18, 2015
Questo è puro amore. Siamo personalmente sotto i livelli dell'Oro del Reno, ma che personaggi!
Nulla da eccepire a nessuno, nemmeno al povero Siegfried che, finalmente, non ha spessore per un valido motivo. Lotta di potere all'ennesima potenza, una Brunilde che migliore non si può... Tanto love, se vogliamo risultare tamarri.
Nulla da eccepire a nessuno, nemmeno al povero Siegfried che, finalmente, non ha spessore per un valido motivo. Lotta di potere all'ennesima potenza, una Brunilde che migliore non si può... Tanto love, se vogliamo risultare tamarri.
August 5, 2023
Wonderful seeing the writen score of the greatest music ever written!
April 30, 2023
Ragnarok
Der Ring si conclude in una apoteosi che è divenuta archetipica di ogni letteratura apocalittica - Wagner riesce a creare un epilogo di grande forza espressiva ed epicità, in cui il destino finisce per travolgere tutti e dove, forse, si può cogliere l'idea di eterno ritorno di matrice Schopenhaueriana.
Anche gli eroi positivi, alfieri dell'amore e di una speranza di riscatto, devono finire nelle fiamme rigeneratrici - a Brunilde è lasciato il compito di chiudere il cerchio, restituendo Der Ring alle Ondine del Reno e sacrificandosi in un lavacro di espiazione totalizzante.
Anche qui, la parola diviene strumento di raggiro e imbroglio, con la quale Hagen tesse il suo complesso intrigo nel quale sia Sigfrido che Brunilde cadono - eroi puri e semplici, sconfitti dalle complessi e sottili discorsi del figlio di Alberico. Non si può non notare una critica anti-intellettuale tipica della filosofia irrazionalista del tardo-romanticismo wagneriano (che lascerà il segno anche nel pensiero di Nietzsche).
Non a caso Sigfrido non ascolta più gli uccelli che tanto gli rivelarono nel dramma precedente, cioè perde il contatto con la natura benigna e sincera, affidandosi agli uomini "tecnici": doppi, avidi ed ingannatori.
Grandiosa chiusa di una tetralogia che è giustamente divenuta una delle basi della cultura occidentale - nei suoi aspetti estremi e totali, permette di capire molto del pensiero e della storia europea dei secoli a venire.
Der Ring si conclude in una apoteosi che è divenuta archetipica di ogni letteratura apocalittica - Wagner riesce a creare un epilogo di grande forza espressiva ed epicità, in cui il destino finisce per travolgere tutti e dove, forse, si può cogliere l'idea di eterno ritorno di matrice Schopenhaueriana.
Anche gli eroi positivi, alfieri dell'amore e di una speranza di riscatto, devono finire nelle fiamme rigeneratrici - a Brunilde è lasciato il compito di chiudere il cerchio, restituendo Der Ring alle Ondine del Reno e sacrificandosi in un lavacro di espiazione totalizzante.
Anche qui, la parola diviene strumento di raggiro e imbroglio, con la quale Hagen tesse il suo complesso intrigo nel quale sia Sigfrido che Brunilde cadono - eroi puri e semplici, sconfitti dalle complessi e sottili discorsi del figlio di Alberico. Non si può non notare una critica anti-intellettuale tipica della filosofia irrazionalista del tardo-romanticismo wagneriano (che lascerà il segno anche nel pensiero di Nietzsche).
Non a caso Sigfrido non ascolta più gli uccelli che tanto gli rivelarono nel dramma precedente, cioè perde il contatto con la natura benigna e sincera, affidandosi agli uomini "tecnici": doppi, avidi ed ingannatori.
Grandiosa chiusa di una tetralogia che è giustamente divenuta una delle basi della cultura occidentale - nei suoi aspetti estremi e totali, permette di capire molto del pensiero e della storia europea dei secoli a venire.
October 12, 2020
Read the libretto while watching the 10Oct2020 metopera.org's generous pandemic broadcast: "Tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream: Wagner’s monumental Ring cycle comes to a close with Götterdämmerung. Otto Schenk’s sweeping staging stars soprano Hildegard Behrens as Brünnhilde, tenor Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegfried, mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig as Waltraute, baritone Ekkehard Wlaschiha as Alberich, and bass Matti Salminen as Hagen. The 1990 telecast is available tonight, October 10, beginning at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, October 11, at 6:30PM ET."
January 9, 2018
Good translation. Liked how much clearer the end was to me after a read. The Brunhilde, Wotan parallels made more sense after the read. The Wotan all knowing vs the Siegfried, naive and easily fooled show both the mentally powerful and physically powerful must end. I like Brunhilde staying action where she gives up the ring and the end of Hagan. The Ring seems to be a popularization of the stories Wagner seems very willing to blend rather than use and divert.
June 13, 2022
I mean what the fuck
February 24, 2025
birileri bu 16 perdelik operayı izledi demek ki. günümüzde bunun imkanı kalmadı maalesef
August 5, 2009
This is a great book, and the score approved by Wagner himself. My only wish would be an English translation of the notes within the score, as opposed to instructions like "schneller und schneller".
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