The ring of the nibelung book

Comic book artist gil kane illustrates richard wagners fou. As this book is intended both as a guidebook and permanent resource for serious students of wagner who wish to know wagners ring intimately, and also for those in the opera house who wish to refresh their memory of a specific passage from the ring andor to read my take on it, through constant use of the detailed table of contents. Find the value of the dc comic ring of the nibelung. The rhinegold, the valkyrie, siegfried and twilight of the gods.

The works are based loosely on characters from the norse sagas and the nibelungenlied. The ring of the nibelung is one of my favorites, but because the opera is in german, i did not always catch what was going on. It preoccupied wagner for much of his adult life and revolutionized the nature of opera, the orchestra, the demands on singers and on the audience itself. I had a different paperback version, but it was not nearly as thick and detailed as this hardcover version. Good books and more for getting into richard wagners epic opera series. When new books are released, well charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the preorder period. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more. The ring of the nibelung hc profile dark horse comics. Wagners the ring of the nibelung by fisher, burton d. A superb new translation of the libretto to wagners ring cycle smiling in sorrow i sing of love the ring of the nibelung, wagners epic cycle of four musical dramas about primal envy, cosmic conflict, the search for glory, spectacular selfsacrifice, redeeming human love and the downfall of gods, revolutionized the nature of opera and conjured up an entire mythological world. Richard wagners fouropera cycle the ring of the nibelung is a classic in the world of opera. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.

However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Really great graphic comic book version of wagners ring of the nibelungen. The twilight of the gods paperback august 6, 2002 by p. The ring of the nibelung by richard wagner goodreads. It is also one of the greatest texts ever written for the lyric. These books show the original german in parallel with the english, which is. The rhinegold, the valkyrie, siegfried, and twilight of the gods, featuring principal characters in each opera, brief story synopsis, story narrative with over 90 music highlight examples, selected discography and videography, dictionary of opera and musical terms, and an insightful and in depth commentary and analysis by burton d. He is married to frigga, the viking goddess of beauty, love, and marriage. Now it becomes a classic in the world of comics in the ring, an epic story.

Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The ring of the nibelung by richard wagner waterstones. Upon receipt we have found out that the quality of illustrations is as awful as possible. Odin is the leader of the norse gods and father of thor, balder, tyr, vidar, vali, bragi, heimdall and hod. His major works include lohengrin, tannhauser, tristan and isolde, parsifal and the four parts of the ring of the nibelung. However the after covering the book a couple of times i can enjoy the film without always stopping to read subtitles. The ring of the nibelung paperback august 17, 1977 by richard wagner author. Comic book artist gil kane illustrates richard wagners four ring operas in a graphic style which makes music all its own. Buy a cheap copy of the ring of the nibelung book by roy thomas. An opera fan, he has even spoken to gatherings of socalled ring nuts, extreme fans of the ring cycle. The operas were first performed in sequence in 1876 and collectively are often referred to as the ring cycle.

The ring of the nibelung richard wagner 9780241422281. The nibelung of the title is the dwarf alberich, and the ring in question is the one he fashions from the rhine gold. We are definitely in need of some heroic myths that demonstrate the dichotomyconflict inherent in these stories that the human experience is not black versus white extremes but all the colors in betweenfinally i actually get the basic story of siegfried and the ring of the nieblungsand i want to find out the rest of the story. The ring of the nibelung penguin clothbound classics ebook. The ring of the nibelung, with arthur rackham illustrations paperback october 30, 2009 by richard wagner author. A comprehensive guide to wagners the ring of the nibelung. The item youve selected was not added to your cart. The scale and grandeur of wagners the ring of the nibelung has no precedent and no. However, the pictures in the book were so blurry and so dark as to have much of the illustration obscured. Craig russell adapts richard wagners epic opera cycle, the ring of the nibelung. Weve bought this book as a volume with rackham illustrations for the ring of the nibelung my wife is a book illustrator and shes highly interested in good quality of wellknown illustrators editions. It is a powerful musicdrama on a grand scale, a full appreciation of which depends on an.

You must take something painstakingly created to fit precisely in one particular medium, and rework it to fit precisely into another medium that tells its story in a radically different way. After establishing a name for himself at marvel on killraven and dr. Giants plot against gods, who in turn tear human lovers apart, while the lives of great warriors are ruined, and murder after murder is comm. A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems. Jul 26, 2018 richard wagner author richard wagner 1883 redefined opera and had an overwhelming impact on german and western culture. The ring of the nibelung in one bigass volume from dark horse comics. Pdf the ring of the nibelung download full pdf book download.

Craig russell, which follows the progression of wagners 4part opera cycle. Ive discarded this book, and have since ordered the individual librettos from schirmer. Russell, whose recent credits include hellboy and coraline, penned his own comicbook version of the ring, a twovolume series published in 2002 by dark horse comics that he considers the most personal project of his career. Tolkien which adapts the niflung legends into alliterative verse. We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. The ring of the nibelung, wagners epic cycle of four musical dramas about primal envy, cosmic conflict, the search for glory, spectacular selfsacrifice, redeeming human love and the downfall of gods, revolutionized the nature of opera and conjured up an entire mythological world. Book lists ring of the nibelung richard wagner opera. The dust jacket has a color illustration by tenggren which is repeated as the frontispiece. What can be said of the ordinary opera libretto beyond voltaires remark that what is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

The legend of sigurd and gudrun is a narrative poem by j. Wagners title is most literally rendered in english as the ring of the nibelung. It is a powerful musicdrama on a grand scale, a full appreciation of which depends on an understanding of exactly what is being sung. The sum of all that has been written concerning the book of the ring of the nibelung is probably larger than the sum of all that has been written concerning the librettos used by all other composers.

His own libretto to the operas, translated by andrew porter, is an intricate system of metric patterns, imaginative. The book is richly illustrated with impressive large and small pictures. Wagners ring cycle getting into valhalla books and arts the. The drawings capture the nuances of the epic in a delicate way, and the exceptional programming of the kindle version, taking the reader through the story frame by frame, enhances the reading pleasure immensely. I would be grateful for donations of any size, small or large, to help defray the cost 1 of maintaining this website, 2 and to finance my past and present research which produced my book posted here, volume one of the wound that will never heal, and my forthcoming revision of volume one to be submitted for publication, and completion of volume two on wagners six other canonic operas. Now it becomes a classic in the world of comics in the ring, an epic story of life, death, love and betrayal. Ring of the nibelungs is a 2004 tv film directed by uli edel.