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Annotated Ring Cycle: The Rhine Gold (Das Rheingold)

Annotated Ring Cycle: The Rhine Gold (Das Rheingold)

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The Annotated Ring Cycle is a comprehensive and accessible translation of Wagner's masterpiece, featuring lively modern English, colorful illustrations, and extensive notes and public domain pictures. It offers a fresh perspective on the cycle's storyline, libretto, lyrics, and stage directions, as well as its motives, secrets, and plot twists. The Graphic Novel style illustrations provide an appealing connection to the Rings storyline, alongside classic artwork.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2021
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield


The Annotated Ring Cycle is a comprehensive and accessible guide to Richard Wagner's epic masterpiece, designed to appeal to a wide range of readers, including scholars, opera enthusiasts, and fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwarts. Each volume in the series includes a new, complete translation of the libretto in lively modern English, capturing Wagner's humor, rhymes, alliterative effects, subliminal messages, and inventive tale spinning. The focus is on the cycle's storyline, libretto, lyrics, and stage directions, as well as the motives, secrets, and plot twists that make it a captivating narrative. Hundreds of intriguing notes and public domain pictures, including celebrated artwork by Arthur Rackham, Howard Pyle, Aubrey Beardsley, the 1876 costume and set designs, and much more, are included. However, the most important aspect of the series is the new contemporary Graphic Novel style illustrations that visually represent an appealing connection to the Rings storyline, set side-by-side with the classic artwork of Rackham, et al. These illustrations bring the story to life in a fresh and engaging way, making it accessible to a broader audience and enhancing the reading experience. Whether you are a seasoned Wagnerian or a newcomer to the world of the Ring Cycle, The Annotated Ring Cycle is a must-have for anyone who wants to delve deeper into the rich and complex world of Richard Wagner's masterpiece.

Weight: 458g
Dimension: 204 x 252 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538136683
Edition number: Annotated ed

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