Der Ring des Nibelungen

cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner

music drama by Richard Wagner, part of Der Ring des Nibelungen

1869 opera by Richard Wagner

''''' (; Twilight of the Gods'''''), WWV 86D, is the last of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung). It received its premiere at the on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the whole work.

opera by Richard Wagner

thumb|"Brunnhild" (1897) by Gaston Bussière

musical composition by Richard Wagner

thumb|upright=1.2|The three Rhinemaidens at play in the waters of the Rhine. Illustration from Stories of the Wagner Opera by [[H. A. Guerber, 1905.]] The Rhinemaidens are the three nixies sisters (Rheintöchter or "Rhine daughters") who appear in Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Their individual names are Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde, although they are generally treated as a single entity and they act together accordingly. Of the 34 characters in the Ring cycle, they are the only ones who did not originate in the Old Norse Eddas. Wagner created his Rhinemaidens

symphonic poem by Richard Wagner WWV103 (1870)

The Jahrhundertring (Centenary Ring) was a production of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, first performed at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976. The production was a centennial celebration of both the festival and the first performance of the complete cycle (which took place at the inaugural festival). The production was created by a French team consisting of conductor Pierre Boulez, stage director Patrice Chéreau, stage designer Richard Peduzzi, costume designer Jacques Schmidt, and lighting designer André Diot.

German mythological hero